Hello Friends,
It’s here. At first light, the offshore buoys were seeing 5 metres of 12 second swell coming in from 171° (S by SSE). Wind was WSW at 13-18 kts at the North Head weather station, but down at Wattamolla it was hammering in at 33-40 kts. Skies were partly cloudy and the showery stuff looked to be sitting just off shore.
Tomorrow should see the swell subside into the 2-3 metre range but surf options will be limited because it’s shaping to be blowing hard southerly all day. Monday morning could see a couple metres of energy out of the SE along with breezy SW-SSW winds. By Tuesday it looks like simmering down into more routine but surfable 1-2 metre SE-ESE swell with morning offshores.
Weather Situation
A low pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea is bringing fresh to strong west to southwesterly winds, reaching gale force south of Coffs Harbour Saturday. Winds will ease by Sunday as the low moves towards New Zealand.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Gale Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Southwesterly 30 to 40 knots increasing to 45 knots in the late morning before turning southerly 25 to 40 knots in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- 3 to 5 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly 3 to 4 metres, increasing to 5 to 6 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 4 metres later in the evening.
- Weather
- Cloudy. Near 100% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Sunday 20 June
Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Southerly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots during the morning. Winds turning southeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 2.5 to 4 metres, decreasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres around midday.
- Swell
- Southerly 4 metres, decreasing to 2.5 to 3 metres during the morning, then tending southeasterly 2.5 metres by early evening.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Monday 21 June
- Winds
- Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon or evening.
- Swell
- Southeasterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers.
