Hello Friends,
Visibility from RealSurf HQ was less than 500 metres at 0730 due to a mix of fog and bushfire smoke pollution, so not possible to get a picture.
Checking the cams, it looks like waves are in the ankle to knee high range along the beaches. The MHL buoy shows 1.6 metres at 5 seconds from the SE out at sea. So there’s not much energy in the system. High tide was at 0715, so that added to the weakness. Beachwatch says the water’s on 18C. Wind was south 10-15 kts at North Head as of 0800.
Outlook is for the next couple of days to be similarly weak and small. The models are currently showing the wind going around to the south quarters on the weekend and early next week it looks like we might possibly have a solid, long period south pulse… be interesting to see what the Goat thinks tomorrow.
Will add a pic or two once visibility improves – so check back later.
Have a good one!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea will gradually move towards New Zealand over the coming days. Meanwhile, a trough extending from the northern inland is bringing southerly winds to southern and central waters. Winds will gradually turn north to northeasterly on Thursday and Friday ahead of an approaching cold front. This front is forecast to bring a vigorous southerly change along the New South Wales coast later Friday and during Saturday.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, tending north to northeasterly offshore during the morning.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- East to northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Thursday 9 January
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 15 knots turning southeasterly during the morning and early afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and early afternoon.
Friday 10 January
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly 20 to 30 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- South to southeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
