Hello Friends,
A grim morning from a surfing perspective. Wind was blowing hard from the SSE early, so the only hope is really protected corners like Collaroy. Unfortunately, as the pictures show, there’s not enough swell energy from the right direction to light the place up. Instead it was weak, confused and small.
The MHL buoy was seeing a mix of NNE and S swell component. The dominant energy was coming from the south at 13 seconds apart but was only averaging around 1.5 metres.
So, a day to give it a miss.
Tomorrow the wind should throttle back, but it’ll still be onshore and the swell looks likely to be smaller. On Thursday the wind goes back to the NE quarter and it should be light early when, the Bureau says, we could also see a little bump in the south swell energy. Friday looks similar at this stage. Weather should be cloudy across the period.
Have yourself a great Tuesday everyone and get up to some good where you can!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system south of Tasmania with a ridge to the north is directing southeasterly winds along the New South Wales coast. Winds will turn southeast to northeasterly during Wednesday as the high moves east across the southern Tasman Sea maintaining the ridge to the northwest.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Tuesday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Southeasterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots during the morning. Winds decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- 2 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly 2 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 60% chance of showers early this morning.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions in the early morning are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Wednesday 21 February
- Winds
- Southeasterly about 10 knots becoming east to northeasterly in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly 1.5 metres, tending southeasterly 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Thursday 22 February
- Winds
- Northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore during the afternoon or evening.
- 2nd Swell
- Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending easterly below 1 metre during the afternoon or evening.
- Weather
- Cloudy.