"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 30 March 2023: Seven day outlook for Sydney:

Today was a bit confusing and a little disappointing to most punters..

First the weather looked great out the window but the windchill had TG thinking it’s got an Autumn feel to it (I told him it is Autumn).

Then the waves – looked ok but on closer inspection a lot looking nasty on the low tide – which gave a good impression of being an all day low tide.

Nevertheless these appealed to the unwary and the young who think that they bounce when they break in half after hitting the sandbank.

Being wary, TG found to his disappointment that even a swim involved the same degree of annoying thumping under some sizeable sets every now and again, distributing sand everywhere you could think of.

Still it was a nice day and good to socialise checking the surf.

The week’s outlook may have some more confusing bits, so just bend with the wind grasshoppers, and go with the flow, chill out and enjoy.

Friday: maybe starting to come up a little at places open to dead South, say somewhere in the 1-2 metre range, from a Low way down south off Tassie that’s moving away quickly, but has some punch to it

Saturday: something similar

Sunday: dittoish

Monday: down a bit say 1-1+ metres South/East

Tuesday: around 1-1+ metres North East

Wednesday: up a little maybe, South/North East

Thursday: maybe in the 1-2 metre range East North East

Watch out for the thumpers.

TG

Up in the Air

MSLP Analysis for Thu Mar 30 06:00:00 2023 AUTC

http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/4day_col.shtml

Latest Colour Mean Sea-Level Pressure Analysis and Infrared Greyscale Satellite

Cloud/surface composite, Australia satellite image of Australia at Thu Mar 30 07:30:00 2023

Winds

https://www.windy.com/-33.850/151.220?-34.269,153.094,8,m:cIKaknd

Down in the Sea

Water temp is around 22-23

image

Tides

https://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-06/NSW-tide-tables-2022-2023-Pdf.pdf

Weather from the Bureau

Forecast issued at 4:20 pm EDT on Thursday 30 March 2023.

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Summary
Mostly clear.
Chance of any rain: 10% 

Sydney area

Mostly clear. Winds southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the late evening.

Sun protection recommended from 10:10 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High]

Friday 31 March

Summary
Min 14
Max 25
Sunny.
Chance of any rain: 5% 

Sydney area

Mostly sunny. Light winds.

Fire Danger – No Rating

Sun protection recommended from 10:10 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High]

Saturday 1 April

Summary
Min 15
Max 22
Showers.
Possible rainfall: 1 to 5 mm
Chance of any rain: 80% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and early evening. Light winds becoming southerly 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late evening.

Sun protection recommended from 10:10 am to 3:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High]

Sunday 2 April

Summary
Min 15
Max 23
Showers.
Possible rainfall: 1 to 6 mm
Chance of any rain: 90% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. Light winds.

Sun protection recommended from 9:10 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High]

Monday 3 April

Summary
Min 16
Max 25
Showers.
Possible rainfall: 1 to 8 mm
Chance of any rain: 90% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening.

Tuesday 4 April

Summary
Min 17
Max 25
Showers.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 4 mm
Chance of any rain: 80% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds.

Wednesday 5 April

Summary
Min 16
Max 25
Shower or two.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 3 mm
Chance of any rain: 70% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely later in the day. Light winds becoming southerly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning.

Thursday 6 April

Summary
Min 18
Max 23
Showers.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 8 mm
Chance of any rain: 80% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day