Hello Friends,
Thursday opened with blue skies and 9-10 kts of WNW breeze. Out at sea the swell was 1.3 metres from the SE at 10 seconds and that was translating into waist-high with the occasional plus wave faces at Dee Why. So, a bit better direction, but about the same size as yesterday. The tide’s high at 0855 and it’ll be back to low at 1430. Wind should swing to the NE this afternoon, so the plan is to hit it earlier rather than later. Water’s clean and sitting on 19.
As always, I’ll be keen to hear what the Goat has to say about our surf prospects later today, but it looks to me as though tomorrow could be pretty marginal. Beyond that, the weekend is looking potentially pretty solid at south magnets…
Go well!
Weather Situation
North to northeasterly winds continue across the waters this evening. Following this, a series of cold fronts will move across the region from today bringing strengthening westerly winds, before shifting southwesterly from the south during Friday and Saturday.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northeasterly in the afternoon then tending north to northwesterly in the late evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Friday 18 August
Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning westerly 20 to 25 knots during the morning. Winds reaching up to 30 knots during the afternoon and evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning, then increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore.
Saturday 19 August
- Winds
- Southwesterly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly 2 to 4 metres, decreasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning. Sunny afternoon.
