Sunny, NE early and just big enough to catch
Hello Friends,
Wind was NE 10-15 kts by 0900, so the south ends were getting choppy. There’s just about no swell out at sea where the buoys are seeing 0.9 m at 5 seconds from the ENE. But, as the pictures show, it was possible to catch the odd knee high bump at Northy and even at Long Reef (although the waits were extremely long). Tide was low at 0640 and will be back to high at 1310. We should have a mostly sunny day too with a peak of 29 along the beaches. Ocean is clean and 21C according to Beachwatch.
We’re back to cloudy tomorrow, but the waves might be a touch bigger at the same spots they’re showing today. Unfortunately the wind call is for southerlies from first light. So, probably not terribly interesting. Weather looks like staying cloudy and showery through Saturday with more delightful onshore wind. Right now it’s not shaping to be interesting until early next week when at least some of the models are projecting solid east swell and light wind for the early Tue-Wed. It’ll be interesting to see what the Goat has to say tomorrow…
Have a great day everyone!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea is extending a ridge towards northeast New South Wales today, directing generally east to northeasterly winds along the coast. A low pressure trough and southerly change is forecast to reach the southern waters late this afternoon, continuing to central parts of the coast on Thursday before stalling and decaying.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northeasterly 15 to 25 knots, increasing to 20 to 30 knots during the late afternoon and evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Thursday 29 December
Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 20 to 25 knots, reaching 30 knots offshore, ahead of a southerly change 15 to 25 knots inshore early in the morning. Winds inshore tending south to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots and winds offshore tending northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the day. Winds then becoming northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots throughout by evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Swell
- Northeasterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing to around 1 metre during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Friday 30 December
- Winds
- East to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.