Hello Friends,
Large and powerful surf conditions this morning. Swell at sea was dead south and 3.7 metres at 10-11 seconds. As the pictures show, this meant solid 1.5-2x overhead bomb sets were hitting just before 0800. There were a fair number of people in the water on what is obviously a day for the experienced and fit riders only. The ocean was textured by a light WNW breeze but it should drift around to the SW and then be E-SE by the middle part of the day. Tide was low at 0550 and will be back to a 1.57m high at 1225. Weather is set to be mostly sunny, with a high of 22C and Beachwatch is reporting sea temps of 20C.
Outlook is for the swell to be big across the day, but the pulse should peak this morning and then steadily subside back into the waist to chest high range by this time tomorrow.
Know your limits folks. The open stretches and places like Dee Why are off limits for beginners, particularly this morning.
Go well!
Weather Situation
A low pressure system to the east of Tasmania is bringing strong winds to the far southern coast this morning. Winds will continue to ease today as the low moves away to the east before turning northeasterly on Wednesday ahead of an approaching trough.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning east to southeasterly in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 2 to 3 metres inshore, increasing to 2.5 to 4 metres offshore.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions in the morning are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Wednesday 27 October
- Winds
- East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon and evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres around midday.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Thursday 28 October
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
