Flatness for Monday
Hello Friends,
Today’s picture tells the (sad) story. We’re still waveless in the Dee Why bubble this windy and mild Monday morning. Skies were partly cloudy but the Bureau tells us we’re in for rain from this evening to Wednesday morning. Swell is still under a metre, coming from the NE and is currently only 5 seconds apart.
There isn’t any real hope for an improvement in the swell today, and while it’s going to ramp up into the potentially crazy big range at south magnets tomorrow, the weather and wind promise to be pretty wild. Wednesday currently is shaping to be the peak in swell energy as the swell potentially gets up to the 5 m mark. But it also looks like being very windy, so surf options may be limited. Right now the best prospects seem to be for Thursday and Friday when the swell throttles back a bit and the wind dials down.
We shall see!
Stay safe everyone, wear your mask and get your jabs!
Weather Situation
Northerly winds are strengthening ahead of the cold front that will cross the southern half of the coast during the latter half of today, and this front will continue to move through the remainder on Tuesday, with a strong south to southwesterly change across the southern and central coastal waters and a westerly change elsewhere in the wake. The winds will further strengthen to gale during the latter part of Tuesday as a low pressure system forms around the central coastal waters and deepens. Winds will gradually ease during the mid week as the low slowly drifts east.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Monday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots during the afternoon and evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres.
- Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening.
Tuesday 24 August
Gale Warning for Tuesday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots shifting south to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots early in the morning, then becoming southwesterly 30 to 45 knots in the afternoon.
- Seas
- 2 to 3 metres, increasing to 3 to 5 metres by early evening.
- 1st Swell
- South to southwesterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning, increasing to 3 to 5 metres by early evening.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions in the afternoon and evening are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Wednesday 25 August
- Winds
- Southwesterly 25 to 40 knots.
- Seas
- 3 to 5 metres.
- Swell
- South to southwesterly 3 to 5 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 80% chance of showers.