Hello Friends,
Another stunning day with sunny skies a light WNW for the early session and no end of swell. It was looking very consistent when I grabbed the pictures, so, although it was also very crowded with exercisers from our bubble, the wait for a shot at a wave might not have been too bad. Out at sea the swell was 2.7 metres from the SSE at 11 seconds apart. As you can see from the snaps, that meant chest to head plus. First tide of the day is a 1.47 m high at 0820. Weather should stay sunny as we head to a high of 22C. Water’s still on 18C.
Wind should stay SW through the morning and then the Bureau tells us to expect it to swing onshore during the afternoon. Swell may dial back a tiny bit, but tomorrow looks like delivering another pulse into the 3 metre 11-12 sec range from the south with light offshores for the dawn patrol and mellow wind until late morning.
Not a bad start to Spring!
Stay safe folks and tell all your friends to get their jabs too.
Weather Situation
Strong to gale force south to southwest winds across northern and far southern coastal Waters will gradually ease on Tuesday as a large high pressure system approaches from the west. Settled conditions will then prevail for much of the week as the high moves slowly across the region, however hazardous surf conditions are likely to remain.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- Northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, turning south to southeasterly in the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 2 to 3 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Wednesday 8 September
- Winds
- South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the morning then becoming north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Southerly 3 metres, increasing to 3 to 4 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 2.5 to 3 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Cloud clearing.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Thursday 9 September
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots tending northwesterly during the morning then tending westerly during the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon or evening.
- Weather
- Sunny.
