Hello Friends,
Heavy overcast and 10-12 kts of NNE as Saturday got started along the beaches of Sydney.
The east wind bump was producing waist high lumps at optimally aligned locations. The incoming tide wasn’t helping the weak swell, so expect mostly slow and soft conditions. Plus there seemed to be a bit of a wait.
Swell at sea was 2.4 metres from the east at 9 seconds apart. First tide of the daylight hours is a swampy 1.9 metre high at 1015. Yesterday’s water temperature from Beachwatch was 24C, with okay quality everywhere apart from maybe lagoon entrances.
Go well with your Saturday one and all and take the mask!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea is slowly drifting east while a low pressure system moving south of Tasmania extends a trough of low pressure across the west of NSW resulting in east to northeasterly winds over coastal waters. The trough is forecast to move across southern and central parts of the coast during the weekend, bringing a southerly wind change in the wake.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Winds
North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Swell
Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore late this afternoon and evening.
Sunday 31 January
Winds
Northerly 15 to 25 knots shifting south to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots before dawn, then becoming south to southeasterly during the day.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
1st Swell
Northeasterly 1 to 2 metres.
2nd Swell
South to southeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers.
Monday 1 February
Winds
Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots during the morning.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore during the afternoon or evening.
1st Swell
Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
2nd Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy.
