Little but surfable for Monday morning
Hello Friends,
Reasonable numbers in the water by 0630 at Dee Why, but swell has definitely cogged down a foot or so since yesterday. Set wave faces looked to be in the waist to chest high range on the biggest ones, but it seemed to be inconsistent and along the beach, where it was consistently bigger than the point, the shutdowns were plentiful. Primary swell direction was 120° (ESE), average height at sea was1.3m and period was 10.3 sec at 0740. Wind was out of the north at 7-8 kts. First tide of the day was a 1.4m high at 0735. Low is along at 1320. Weather should be sunny as we head to a high of 28C. We’re still waiting for the water to budge off 18C.
While they disagree on size, the ECM and GFS models are projecting a bump from the south on Wednesday, but tomorrow looks like being smaller than today. And the Wednesday pulse is currently projected to be around the 1.5m mark, so nothing dramatic in the way of improvement.
Stay safe everyone and go well with your Monday.
Weather Situation
Northerly winds will turn west to southwesterly today as a series of troughs move across the region. Winds will briefly shift northerly again on Wednesday ahead of the next cold front that will cross the state on Thursday.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots turning westerly 15 to 20 knots in the late morning, reaching up to 25 knots offshore in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the afternoon.
- Swell
- East to northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Tuesday 5 October
Strong Wind Warning for Tuesday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 25 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots in the early afternoon then decreasing to 20 to 25 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- Swell
- East to northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Wednesday 6 October
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots shifting easterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then tending northeasterly during the evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Sunny.