Super clean but mostly kinda weak and soft
Hello Friends,
Clean, chest plusses at better exposures this morning and not many people in the water – which is a clue. Despite being 1.7m at sea, the NE wind swell has a period of less than 7 seconds, so that means that for the most part it’s really gutless. When the waves peak up as they hit the banks, they look very attractive, but when you see how slowly riders move across open face, it’s obviously fat and slow. And this is with a low tide at 0920. Maybe that’s why numbers are down.
The weather was socked in early, but lifted around 0900. However, the forecast tells us to expect 8-15mm of rain across the day. Plus, Beachwatch has flagged most beaches from Narrabeen south as “pollution possible” or “pollution likely”. Ocean temp is on 20C and today’s high should be 24C.
Go well everyone!
Weather Situation
A low pressure system trough connected to a low pressure system will move to the southeast across central waters today, leaving a trough across southern waters in its wake in the evening. Winds freshening along all coastal waters on Saturday as the trough strengthens.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- East to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore during the morning. Winds tending northwest to northeasterly in the morning then tending northwest to southwesterly in the middle of the day.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing below 1.5 metres around midday, then decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre, tending northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
- Weather
- Cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Saturday 13 November
Gale Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots early in the morning. Winds reaching up to 35 knots offshore during the afternoon and evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore in the afternoon and evening.
Sunday 14 November
- Winds
- Westerly 20 to 30 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres offshore.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon or evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.