Hello Friends,
Light offshore breeze to open proceedings this Thursday. And, as the pictures show, there were knee to waist-ish waves all over the place. You’ll do a bit of sitting around (so what else is new?) and they’re more soft than not, but you’ll definitely jag yourself a few.
Onshores should come up this morning, starting from the SE and then swing NE but the Bureau says they’ll be in the 10 kt range, so if you don’t mind the texture, it should be surfable all day thanks to a NE-SE combo. The main component is coming at us at 1.5 m and 8 seconds from 73° (ENE). The swell models show the period stretching out into the juicy 10-11 second range by tomorrow. The Friday early looks promising to me, so it’ll be interesting to see what the Goat’s take is later today.
Keep masking folks, there’s virus everywhere as we approach the peak of this wave. And good luck finding RATs. Our local chemist and IGA are still out.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system lies over the Tasman Sea while a stalled southerly change currently lies about the central coastal waters. The trough will dissipate today allowing east to northeasterly winds to turn north to northeasterly and then increase on Friday.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- Southeasterly about 10 knots, tending east to northeasterly in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening.
Friday 14 January
Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 25 knots in the early afternoon then increasing to 25 to 30 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- South to southeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.
Saturday 15 January
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 20 to 30 knots.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
