Choppy and messy Sunday morning
Hello Friends,
Overcast with a 90% chance of showers and SSW 8-15 kts at 0800 Sunday morning. There were waist plus high waves to be had, although the quality did not look great. Not surprising really when you look at the data from the waverider buoys which were detecting a 1.3 metre 10 sec period S-SSE swell overlayed with sub-5 sec period wind chop. The wind is set to be around to the SE before midday, so no real hope for improvement as the day goes along. Monday should see a little uptick in swell energy, but the wind’s set to be stiffly from the SE. The wind intensity should decrease on Tuesday, so maybe the early will be okay, but from here, I’d say Wednesday morning is currently shaping to be the pick day with clearing skies, early offshore breezes and fun size east wind swell to play with.
Have a great Sunday everyone!
Weather Situation
A southerly change along the south coast is heading north, and this change will be reinforced by a low pressure system forming off the Mid North Coast on Sunday. Winds will further shift to southeasterly late Sunday into early new week as the low quickly moves offshore while a ridge of high pressure develops along the coast.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots shifting south to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore.
Monday 13 March
- Winds
- Southeasterly 15 to 25 knots.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 2 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore around midday.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Tuesday 14 March
- Winds
- Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning easterly during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southeasterly 2 metres, tending easterly 2 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the afternoon or evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers.