Hello Friends,
Yesterday afternoon, Dee Why Point was seeing 1.5x overhead sets but this morning it was back to barely surfable. Which kind of figures given that the swell was 1.35 metres at 10 seconds from the south as of 1100. Wind was 13-24 kts from the west. The Bureau tells us to expect the swell to pick up this afternoon as it heads to a peak of 5-6 metres (!) this evening. Tomorrow should still be big, plus weather will be sunny and the wind will be offshore… could be quite the day.
Go well and know your limits!
Weather Situation
A slow moving ridge of high pressure over the north of the state is bringing a southwesterly airstream, and a cold front will move across the southeast today. Fresh and gusty westerly winds ahead of the front will shift to strong to gale force south to southwest behind the front. Large and powerful surf conditions will develop into Sunday and Monday.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Gale Warning for Sunday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Westerly 25 to 30 knots tending southwesterly in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 35 knots offshore during the afternoon and evening.
- Seas
- 2 to 3 metres.
- Swell
- South to southwesterly around 1 metre, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon, then tending southerly 5 to 6 metres by early evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Monday 22 May
Strong Wind Warning for Monday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore early in the morning. Winds becoming variable about 10 knots in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing below 1 metre during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly 4 to 5 metres, decreasing to 3 metres later in the evening.
- 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.
Tuesday 23 May
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming north to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then westerly in the late evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 2 metres during the evening.
- Weather
- Sunny.
