Hello Friends,
Cool and clean this morning along the beaches, with a fading NE wind swell in the metre at 9 second range, surf prospects however were marginal. The waits looked to be long and the sets struggling to deliver wave faces much above the waist high mark. Tide was moderately high at 0615 and will be back to low at right on noon. Outlook is for the swell to weaken further across the day, so despite prospects for clean, if strongly offshore conditions all day, surf options are likely to dwindle further.
Tomorrow looks like being a more hopeful prospect. Winds should still be 15-20 kts of SW but the swell is set to perk up into the 1-2 metre range at south magnets.
Ocean is still on 18C, most of us aren’t ready to forgo the steamer just yet.
The coming week is shaping to be a bit on again, off again but probably not much above waist to chest at the south magnets.
Go well with your Saturday everyone!
Weather Situation
A high is centred over the eastern Tasman Sea and a complex low is moving over southeast Australia, with the main centre now just east of Tasmania. The low is extending a series of low pressure troughs northwards to track over the NSW coast. Vigorous westerly winds will contract to the south during the weekend as the low moves further away and should have moderated by Sunday afternoon.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots tending west to southwesterly in the late morning and afternoon.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore late this afternoon and evening.
Sunday 17 October
- Winds
- Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots shifting easterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon then turning northeasterly in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Monday 18 October
- Winds
- Northwest to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon then tending northerly during the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Sunny.
