Hello Friends,
Swell continued its gradual fade overnight but this morning was still seeing reasonably frequent overhead sets at south magnets. It was 2.2 metres at sea as of 1000 and coming from 165° (SSE) at a juicy 14 seconds apart. I grabbed the snaps about an hour after the 0750 high tide. As you can see there was no lack of energy, but with the tide and swell direction, it was actually kind of difficult to jag waves for the dozen plus in the water. We’re heading to a high of 17C on what should be a sunny day. Water’s on 20C and clean after so many rainless days. Wind was out of the west at 13-19 kts, so conditions were nice and clean.
Outlook is for the wind to drift around to the N-NW later, so south corners will get a bit of texture later.
Prospects are for the swell to keep fading, but we should still have reasonable energy through tomorrow before it gets back to the small stuff for Thursday and Friday. Right now it looks as though we’ll have another little long period south pulse for next weekend.
Go well, stay safe and have fun!
Weather Situation
A high over central NSW extends a ridge over the coastal waters and will drift east in coming days. Hazardous surf will persist into at least the middle of the week, following the passage of a deep Tasman Low pressure system.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- West to northwesterly below 10 knots tending north to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 2.5 to 3 metres.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Wednesday 15 June
- Winds
- Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly 2 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Sunny.
- Caution
- Surf conditions may be more powerful than they appear and are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Thursday 16 June
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
