Ankle to knee high Saturday morning
Hello Friends,
Stunner of a morning out there but as the pictures show, you have to be in the right spot to even catch one. Most places are in the ankle to knee high range so dial those expectations down. Wind was WNW 5-7 kts at 0700 and swell at sea was 0.8 metres at 9 seconds from the SSE. Tide was coming off the low at 0510 and will hit a very swampy 1.83 m high at 1140. Wind should stay at about the same intensity all day but the Bureau expects the swell to get into the 1.5-2.5 m range by lunch time. As implausible as that may sound, the Eden buoy popped into the 1.75 m range late last night, so maybe… Ocean temp is on 19C and water should be clean pretty much everywhere.
Outlook is for marginal to near flat conditions for the next 7 days.
Meanwhile yours truly will be sending you postcards from the other side of the Pacific as I spend the next month and a bit in California. Surf prospects there are not looking any better than here for the coming week, so oh well!
Have a great Saturday everyone
Weather Situation
Generally fresh to strong westerly flow following the passage of a trough currently located over the Tasman Sea. Later today and again during Sunday, winds are forecast to ease and then become northerly, increasing again from late Sunday and into the new week as a cold front approaches from the west.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore during the morning and again in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres around midday.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Sunday 30 October
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore early in the morning. Winds shifting northeasterly in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Monday 31 October
- Winds
- Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots tending northerly 20 to 30 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- North to northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.