Hello Friends,
The day started out with partly cloudy skies, close to 2 metres of 8.5 sec SE swell and a light westerly breeze. A very nice combo indeed. First tide of the daylight hours was the 1.7m high at 1035.
Dee Why was very busy, which is hardly surprising on a Sunday morning with fun looking shoulder to head high sets arriving regularly along the beach. The point had a few hopefuls, but it was much less consistent than the beach and not as big on sets.
The clean conditions will gradually disappear as the wind swings SE, but for the hundred or so who got in this morning, I don’t think they’ll be many complaints.
Unfortunately the water is still looking not the best and Beachwatch has posted “pollution possible” warnings for every beach from Palmy to Manly (and it’s worse in the eastern suburbs). The ocean’s on 24C too, so one wonders if that helps the pathogen population density…
The outlook is for a fairly similar situation again tomorrow and perhaps Tuesday as well. In fact, the more hopeful projections show waves in at least the waist high range for the rest of the week.
Go well everyone!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system, currently southeast of Tasmania, extends a ridge along the New South Wales coast. The high will continue to move slowly eastwards into the Tasman Sea over the coming days, ahead of another southerly change expected mid-next week.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
- Winds
- Southerly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Swell
- Southerly 2 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Monday 21 March
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the late morning. Winds decreasing to about 10 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Tuesday 22 March
- Winds
- Variable below 10 knots becoming north to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then tending north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
