Glassy and sorta slow this morning
Hello Friends,
As expected, the swell’s faded overnight. But it was glassy for the early and if you were patient, the best exposures were still seeing the odd set wave face in the shoulder plus range. Of course mostly it was a lot smaller than that.
There were waves all along the Manly stretch this morning, but I didn’t stop for pics. South Steyne seemed to be getting the most energy. Around the corner at Freshwater, there were some nice looking, but very soft lines. You needed a bit of volume as a consequence.
Curly seemed to be best at the north end, but as with everywhere else, the wave were fat and full looking.
By 0900 the wind was 6-10 kts from the NW. Swell out at sea was 1.3 metres at 9-10 seconds from the ENE. Water was clean everywhere away from the lagoon entrances (which were mostly rated as pollution possible) and water temp hasn’t budged from 19C. As the day warms up to the 24C high, there’s the chance of the odd thunder storm.
Go well everyone!
Weather Situation
Northeast to northwesterly winds will shift westerly and increase later today and on Friday, as a trough over northern parts of New South Wales moves offshore, and a complex low pressure system near Tasmania moves further south. During the weekend, winds are forecast to ease and then become northerly and increase again on Sunday as a cold front approaches from the west.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending westerly in the late evening. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the late evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre around midday.
- Weather
- Sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening, possibly severe.
Friday 28 October
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore in the late evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- The chance of a thunderstorm offshore in the early morning. Mostly sunny day.
Saturday 29 October
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Sunny.