Hello Friends,
The forecast says southerly 20-25 kts, but as of 0820 wind was still westerly 10-14 kts at North Head, so as you can see from the pictures, surface conditions, while not smooth, weren’t too rugged. And there’s still heaps of swell. As of 0810 the 3.5 m energy was coming from 156° at 11-12 seconds apart. At Dee Why that meant head high to 1.5x overhead with bombs going bigger still. It had that raggedy, sectiony look of a raw swell, so quality was definitely variable.
The big stuff should stick around through Monday and still be fun size through Wednesday. After that it looks like at least a couple of rest days before kicking up again for next weekend.
What an amazing autumn.
Weather Situation
A vigorous southerly airstream is persisting along the New South Wales Coast from a deep low pressure system over the eastern Tasman Sea, bringing strong south to southwesterly winds and damaging surf conditions across all waters. Winds are forecast to gradually ease from today, although surf conditions are expected to remain hazardous for the next few days with large and powerful south to southeasterly swell, as a high pressure system to the southwest of Victoria slowly moves across the state early in the new week.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for Sydney Coast
Winds
Southerly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots during the morning.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Swell
Southerly 4 to 5 metres, tending southeasterly 4 metres by early evening.
Weather
Cloudy. 70% chance of showers.
Caution
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Monday 31 May
Winds
South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the late afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the afternoon.
Swell
Southeasterly 3 to 4 metres, decreasing to 3 metres during the afternoon.
Weather
Partly cloudy.
Caution
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Tuesday 1 June
Winds
Variable about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southeasterly 2 to 3 metres.
Weather
Mostly sunny.
