Hello Friends,
Another sunny start to the day for us on Wednesday. And we have waves. Sets along the beach at Dee Why were into the shoulder high range while over at the point they were much less frequent and more like waist to chest. As of 0700 the wind was out of the WNW at 9-12 kts, so surface conditions were looking pretty tidy. Swell at sea is mainly from the SE with the MHL buoy at 1.7 m from 136° at 13 seconds. Tide was coming in from the 0600 low and will be back to the 1.5m high at 1220.
Wind and weather promise to be good all day and swell should continue at about the current intensity or even improve a touch.
The good conditions should hang around tomorrow and into Friday morning if the expected easterly pulse arrives to take the hand-off from the fading south energy. And it looks from the more optimistic models as though we could have fun size conditions into the front half of next week. Sweet!
Go well everybody and stay safe.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over Cameron Corner extends a ridge across New South Wales, maintaining southerly flow over the coastal strip. Winds are expected to tend northerly from later on Wednesday and then increase during Thursday, ahead of a cold front, which will bring a west to southwesterly change on Friday.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, tending westerly 10 to 15 knots inshore for a period in the morning. Winds becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre by early evening.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers offshore, near zero chance elsewhere.
Thursday 18 August
- Winds
- West to northwesterly below 10 knots tending north to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots before dawn. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Friday 19 August
- Winds
- Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots reaching up to 25 knots offshore, shifting south to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers.
