Hello Friends,
There were a couple of folks bobbing hopefully next to the rocks at Dee Why point before 0800. The wind was coming from the NW at 7-8 kts and the swell out at sea was 1.4 metres at 9 seconds from the south. As the day heats up to the high of 31(!!), the wind will swing to the NE and the swell should pick up a little and by tomorrow morning it could be in the waist plus range as it swings to the NE. The GFS shows it picking up more on Wednesday and going around to the south on Thursday as it gets into the 2+ metre range – but with SE wind.
Go well with your Monday!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea currently extends a ridge towards New South Wales, and is directing generally northerly winds over most coastal areas. This pattern is very slow-moving, and northerly winds will persist through the first half of the week, increasing as a cold front approaches. This front is forecast to bring a southerly change to southern parts of the coast later Wednesday, extending to the north during Thursday. Following this, a new high pressure system is expected to drift across from the west at the end of the week.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the early afternoon. Winds reaching up to 25 knots offshore in the late evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Tuesday 19 September
Strong Wind Warning for Tuesday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon, then increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres by early evening.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre around midday.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the morning.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Wednesday 20 September
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 25 knots tending northwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
- Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
