Showery with waves
Hello Friends,
A shower was coming through when I stopped for a look at Dee Why this morning around 0800. Swell has picked up a bit too and there were lots of folks in the water. Wind was light and from the west. It’s likely to drift around to the onshore setting as the day goes along, but should remain pretty light for most of the day. Maybe it’s the looming holiday weekend and kids getting out of school for the autumn break. Wave quality wasn’t bad thanks to the 11-second period and 1.5m height of the ENE swell, but the banks are still pretty ordinary most places. There were a couple of people at the point, but apart from one sort of mal-able set, it looked way less productive than the beach.
Tide was just hitting the 1.65 m high when I grabbed the snaps, so as of this writing, it is dropping to the 0.43 m low at 1430. Weather should continue partly cloudy with the odd passing shower as we head to a high of 24.
Outlook is for more of the same tomorrow, but with a south pulse joining in to, hopefully, make a few more peaky sections. Wind should be offshore for the early and NW later.
Go well everyone!
Weather Situation
Northerly winds are expected to develop during today. Winds will then increase on Friday as a cold front approaches from the west. This front will brings a west to southwesterly change on Saturday. Following this, strong southwesterly winds and large surf are forecast to develop along the New South Wales coast as a low pressure system reaches the southern Tasman Sea.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- East to southeasterly about 10 knots tending northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres by early evening.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Friday 7 April
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore during the day. Winds turning northwesterly in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending northeasterly around 1 metre around midday, then tending easterly 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe.
Saturday 8 April
- Winds
- Westerly 20 to 30 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon or evening.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm.