Scrappy but surfable Monday morning
Hello Friends,
The wind turned NNE last night and as of 0730 this morning was already blowing 9-13 kts. As you can see from the pics, that means surface conditions were quite choppy at Dee Why. The wind will pick up to 15-25 kts. Waves looked to be in the waist high range for the most part, but there were a few bigger sets still in the mix. Out at sea it was 1.9 metres at 7 seconds from the NE. So don’t expect the power we saw yesterday. We’re in for a scorcher today, so lots of folks will be getting wet, whatever the conditions.
Tomorrow morning might be a bit better wind-wise but over all the trend looks like being to smaller, but still surfable across the rest of the week.
Go well!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea currently extends a ridge along the New South Wales coast, bringing east to northeasterly winds. A trough will bring a southerly change to the southern coast today, before an associated cold front delivers a vigorous westerly change to southern and central areas on Tuesday, reinforced by another front passing to the south on Wednesday. Winds will shift southerly during Thursday as a new ridge of high pressure extends across New South Wales from the west.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Monday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore during the day.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres offshore.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Tuesday 7 March
Strong Wind Warning for Tuesday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northerly 20 to 30 knots tending west to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots before dawn then tending east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore in the afternoon and early evening.
Wednesday 8 March
- Winds
- Westerly 10 to 15 knots turning south to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Weather
- Sunny.