"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Sunshine Wednesday with waves

Hello Friends,

Nice morning out there. Swell at sea is around the 2 metre mark this morning with average periods of 11-12 seconds and ranges from solidly overhead at North Steyne, to shoulder/head high at Dee Why (on sets). Dee Why point’s not really working with this swell direction (dead east), but the better beaches are liking it. Wind was coming from the NW at 4-6 kts early, so south corners were textured, but best aligned stretches of beach were looking clean. The wind will ramp up soon, so, your mileage may vary. Tide is currently dropping to the low at 1225.

Given the half-metre plus of rain along the beaches from the storms, water quality ranges from Pollution possible to Pollution likely. Attractive as the waves are, I’m giving it a day of sunshine before getting wet myself. Ocean temperature is on a balmy 23C.

Tomorrow should be notably smaller than today, but still fun enough for the early. Friday is shaping to be down again, but with luck there’ll still be a few waist high faces to be had.

Go well!

The point looking sketchy
Near the Pole, good fun
Sight for sore eyes
North Steyne
Berms at Manly
Consistent and biggish at North Steyne

Weather Situation

A strong high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea is directing strengthening northeasterly winds along the New South Wales coast. A low moved off the south coast overnight and now lies over eastern Bass Strait, delivering a reprieve from strong to gale force east to northeasterly winds, but fresh to strong west to northwesterly winds will persist on Wednesday before contracting to the far south by Thursday afternoon.

Forecast for Wednesday until midnight

Winds
West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending north to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon then tending west to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots in the late evening.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.
Swell
Easterly 2.5 to 3 metres.
Weather
Sunny.

Thursday 25 March

Winds
Westerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore early in the morning. Winds becoming variable about 10 knots in the early afternoon then becoming westerly 15 to 20 knots in the evening.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre around midday.
Swell
Easterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres around midday.
Weather
Sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.

Friday 26 March

Winds
Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots turning south to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning.
Seas
1 to 2 metres.
Swell
Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.