Grey and tiny Sunday morning along the beaches
Hello Friends,
Solid grey skies with the odd passing drizzle patch and a steady north wind as Sunday kicked off. As you can see from the pictures, surf conditions were marginal at best. Catchable waves were in short supply despite the offshore buoys showing 1.7 metres of 8-second ENE swell. Better exposures than Dee Why should be seeing waist to chest high sets.
The good news is that the models are still predicting that the NE swell will intensify over the next couple of days and by Tuesday morning it could be into the 2-3 metre range at better exposures. Plus, the skies should be sunny and the wind offshore…
Go well with your Sunday everyone!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system near New Zealand and a low pressure trough over inland New South Wales are combining to generate fresh north to northeasterly winds along the coast while another coastal trough is bringing a brief southerly change to southern waters today. Meanwhile, a low over the southeast Queensland coast is slowly moving south today, and forecast to reach the Queensland border by tonight or early Monday morning. This low will then head to the southern coastal waters during Monday and Tuesday, possibly bringing stronger winds and hazardous surf conditions.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 25 knots tending northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Monday 24 October
Strong Wind Warning for Monday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northeasterly 15 to 25 knots tending easterly 20 to 30 knots in the morning then decreasing to 15 to 25 knots in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Northeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Tuesday 25 October
- Winds
- East to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots shifting northwesterly during the morning then tending northerly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Northeasterly 3 metres, tending easterly 2 to 3 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.