Hello Friends,
Light NW wind and a metre and a bit of 8-second ESE was delivering waist to the occasional plus all along the beaches. And as the pictures show, there were plenty of surfers in the water by 0630. Tide was coming off the predawn low at 0410 and will hit the 1.67m high at 1035. Conditions were partly cloudy as the day started and we should get to a high of 26C later.
Swell energy is set to tail off a little as the day goes along and the wind’s set to come around to the NE by this afternoon.
Looks as though we’ll get a south change early tomorrow, so while it’ll push the energy levels up, the wind will be chewing up all the best exposures. The more hopeful swell models suggest that Monday and Tuesday could be pretty fun for the morning sessions as we enjoy a couple metres of 10+ second period south swell.
Have yourself a top old Saturday, pack the mask and your vax cert, and stay safe!
Weather Situation
A weak ridge of high pressure off the coast is bringing north to northeasterly winds to coastal New South Wales. A trough of low pressure over western parts of the state is expected to move east and reach the southern half of the coast later today and the remainder Sunday morning, bringing a fresh to strong south to southwesterly change. A low developing east of Tasmania on Sunday should maintain a southwest to southeasterly airstream along the coast on Monday.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the middle of the day.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny day. 50% chance of showers this evening. The chance of a thunderstorm this evening.
Sunday 24 October
Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots becoming southerly 20 to 30 knots early in the morning then decreasing to 15 to 25 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southeasterly below 1 metre, tending southerly 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Southeasterly below 1 metre, tending easterly 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the early morning.
Monday 25 October
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 15 knots turning east to southeasterly during the afternoon then becoming south to southeasterly below 10 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers.
