Firing up nicely
Hello Friends,
Warm water and fun-size waves at Dee Why this morning around 0730. The wind was westerly (!) and the 0600 data from MHL was showing 2 metres of 9-second energy out of the ESE. The point was looking well-attended and there were more than a few surf folk scattered along the beach toward the Pole (and beyond, no doubt). Beachwatch is still rating the 23C water as “pollution possible” at Dee Why and Northy, but everywhere else is rated clean.
Wind’s due to swing around to the NE by this afternoon, so the plan is to hit it asap if you can. Tide was low at 0810 and will be back to high at 1400. Weather should be mostly sunny with a high of 27 and a UV index of 11 between 0900 and 1700.
The cloud-showery stuff returns from tomorrow and on current reckoning is set to stay that way for a week (at least).
Tomorrow’s set to be NE’ly from early and the swell’s due to fade a little more too. Thursday’s shaping to be S-SE windwise but with swell perking from the south (50% chance of rain as well).
There should be small SE swell around into the weekend, but you’ll want to be up early to beat the onshores. Beyond that, it looks as though we’re in for a run of marginal little east windswell and north wind…
Go well!
Weather Situation
A broad high pressure ridge extends along the coast from a high in the southern Tasman Sea. Then, a trough will move across much of the coast on Wednesday as a gusty southerly change, reaching Sydney Waters as a southerly buster Wednesday afternoon, before another system moves across later this week.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southeasterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Wednesday 22 January
Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending northerly 15 to 25 knots before dawn then shifting southerly in the late afternoon. Winds reaching up to 30 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Southeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then tending easterly below 1 metre by early evening.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Thursday 23 January
- Winds
- South to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots turning east to northeasterly below 10 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.