Hello Friends,
Socked in skies, but there was a light westerly breeze for the early morning surf session at Dee Why. The crew was doing a lot of waiting around for the occasional shoulder plus sets being delivered by a pretty straight 1.6 metre, 13-second south swell. Tide was coming into the 1000 am high and the weather call is for 10-30 mm of rain across the day.
Wondering about the surf week ahead? Then put your self wise and jump over to the Mighty Goat’s latest ruminations on our prospects.
Go well!
Weather Situation
A slow-moving high pressure system centred south of Tasmania is generating persistent onshore winds over the NSW coast. A coastal trough is expected to form on the weekend and a low pressure circulation may develop in the trough Saturday into Sunday, before moving away from the coast early in the new week.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- Easterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the afternoon and evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre around midday.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly below 1 metre, tending southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres around midday, then tending easterly 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Cloudy. Near 100% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore.
Saturday 11 May
- Winds
- East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 1.5 metres around midday.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm.
- Caution
- Surf conditions may be more powerful than they appear and are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Sunday 12 May
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming west to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly 1.5 to 2 metres, tending southeasterly 1.5 metres during the evening.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the evening.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
