Hello Friends,
Grey skies again this morning and more messy conditions, but at least the swell’s sort of sticking around. Wind was out of the SSE at 13-19kts as of 0900. Swell at sea is coming from the SSE at 7 seconds apart, so the only thing making it remotely rideable was the 2.46 m average height. There were a surprising number of people in the water at Dee Why where it looked as though wave faces could be occasionally in the shoulder high range. But as the pictures show, it’s pretty beat up.
While water along the Dee Why to Longy stretch was rated pollution unlikely by Beachwatch, from Curly to the Bower is rated as dodgy and it’s pretty much the same from Bungan to Collaroy.
Tide hits a 0.68 m low at 0950, it’ll be back to the 1.44 m high at 1555. Weather should remain cloudy with the odd shower in the morning as we head to a high of 23C and ocean is 24C.
Outlook is for similar marginal conditions tomorrow and then fading to near flat Thursday before maybe coming back up into the marginal range at the weekend.
The Bureau has an, er, interesting chart for 2 January 2022…
Stay safe everyone!
Weather Situation
A strong south to southeasterly wind surge is pushing towards the far north as a strong high pressure system over the Bight pushes a ridge along the coast. Then the winds will become east to southeasterly over the coming days as the high pressure system slowly moves across Bass Strait through the first half of the week.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- South to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots, tending southeasterly 10 to 20 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- East to northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Wednesday 29 December
- Winds
- Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning easterly below 10 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Thursday 30 December
- Winds
- East to northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
