Hello Friends,
At 0730 we had 10-15 kts of north wind, partly cloudy skies, and a metre of dead south swell which was coming in at 10 seconds apart. The best south exposures might be seeing the odd waist high set, but Dee Why looks to be nearly flat. There’s a strong wind warning for 15-25 kts of NW’ly later, so that’s not going to help the surf situation.
Being a Thursday, I’m looking forward to the Goat’s thoughts for the week ahead. A quick glance at the swell models this morning painted a pretty ho-hum picture for the next few days, but we’ll see what his Goatness has to say later.
In the meantime, have yourself a happy and safe Thursday everyone.
Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system near the northeast New South Wales Coast is heading to the northern Tasman Sea, resulting in a northerly wind shift in most areas today. Northwesterly winds will freshen on this morning ahead of a cold front, then the passage of the front during the second half of today will bring a fresh to strong west to southwesterly wind change in its wake. Winds will abate through the latter part of the week as a high pressure ridge extends across the coastal waters before freshening of southerly winds on Sunday as a trough brushes across the southern and central parts of the coast.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northwesterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore in the evening. Winds turning southwesterly in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the morning.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny day. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore late this afternoon and evening.
Friday 11 August
- Winds
- Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore early in the morning. Winds decreasing to about 10 knots in the early afternoon then becoming north to northeasterly in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Saturday 12 August
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending west to southwesterly below 10 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
