Thumping swell for Dee Why
Hello Friends,
Swell was still producing the odd 1.5x overhead set before 0900. It’s still raw looking though. But that said, the sectioning lumpiness of yesterday wasn’t quite as pronounced this morning. Wind was west at daybreak, but SSW at 5-10kts by 0900 and due to turn southerly this morning. Swell was 3.2 metres at sea, 11-12 sec apart and coming from 140° (SE). Tide hits the 0.7m low at 1110 and then comes in only a bit to the 1.36m high at 1710. Weather should be mostly sunny with a high of 24C. Apart from a question mark over Northy, Beachwatch says water is clean all along the Northern Beaches and ocean temp is on 21C.
Outlook is for the swell to fade, but with luck it should still be surfable tomorrow and maybe even Wednesday for the early. Beyond that the crystal ball gets hazy, but right now Thursday looks marginal, but Friday might bump up again into the waist plus range.
Go well one and all!
Weather Situation
A low pressure system in the southern Tasman Sea continues to move away to the east, while a high near Tasmania extends a ridge to the coast. The ridge will be the dominant feature over coastal waters for the coming days, ahead of the next trough forecast to move through southern waters on Wednesday, extending northward during Thursday.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
- Winds
- Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning southerly during the morning and early afternoon. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the morning and early afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southeasterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions in the morning are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Tuesday 14 December
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 15 knots turning southeasterly during the afternoon and evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres, tending southerly below 1 metre during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly below 0.5 metres, tending southeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 1.5 metres around midday.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Wednesday 15 December
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny day. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.