The Goat’s Surf Forecast
The Goat’s Surf Forecast issued Thursday 13 February 2025: Seven day outlook for Sydney
Corker of a day today.. sunny, warm, 28 with a fresh Noreaster / sort of Equatorial Tradewinds Hawaii, Maldives like, blowing all day keeping the air a refreshingly mellow 25ish apparent temp.
And the water.. a matching 24… Aah.
And the surf.. plenty of waves in protected North East corners. But messy and bumpy, all over the place and windy in the exposed rest.
Swell outside..2 m significant swell, sets up to 3m, 8 second period from North East
The Surf Outlook:
Grab it tomorrow, before the Southerly change expected by the Bureau to come through Saturday morning,
Friday: down a little from today, upper end of the 1-2 metre range North East
Saturday: similar, before getting whacked then coming up from a Southerly change expected by the Bureau during the morning, with wind of course
Sunday: around 2 ish maybe 2 + metres at dead South spots
Monday: ditto
Tuesday: ditto South East
Wednesday: starting to go into the 1-2 metre range dead South
Thursday: dittoish,
And here’s a treat for you!
Don has found and extracted the Realsurf webpage from Friday 9 January 1998… here>>
https://web.archive.org/web/19980109072125/http://www.realsurf.com/
>> Including The Goat’s Surf Forecast
Surf Forecast, issued Mon 06.01.97: The energy from the 3 cyclones north of us is likely to be with us late Friday-early Saturday. But not for very long, so make the most of it. Fri about 1 metre east, rising to 1-2 metres. Sat 2 metres, probably 2+ metres NE, Sun, 1 metre, possibly 1+ metre NE going ENE, Mon about 1 metre E.–The Goat Send email c/- Roger, Avalon Beach.
With His Logo!!
He looks so young!!!
TG.
Up in the Air
http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/4day_col.shtml
Winds
https://www.windy.com/-33.850/151.220?-34.364,151.221,8
Down in the Sea
Water temp is a balmy 24
Tides
https://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-06/tide-tables-24-25-nsw.pdf
Weather from the Bureau
Forecast for the rest of Thursday
- Summary
- Mostly clear.
- Chance of any rain: 0%
Sydney area
Mostly clear. Winds northeasterly 25 to 40 km/h decreasing to 15 to 25 km/h in the late evening.
Sun protection recommended from 9:10 am to 5:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]
Friday 14 February
- Summary
- Min 22
- Max 30
- Showers. Possible storm.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 15 mm
- Chance of any rain: 80%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the late afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending light before dawn.
Fire Danger – Moderate
Sun protection recommended from 9:10 am to 5:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]
Saturday 15 February
- Summary
- Min 20
- Max 27
- Shower or two. Possible storm.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 5 mm
- Chance of any rain: 70%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the early morning. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning and early afternoon.
Sun protection recommended from 9:20 am to 4:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]
Sunday 16 February
- Summary
- Min 16
- Max 23
- Sunny.
- Chance of any rain: 20%
Sydney area
Mostly sunny. Winds southerly 15 to 25 km/h tending southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning then tending southeast to southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h during the day.
Sun protection recommended from 9:20 am to 4:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]
Monday 17 February
- Summary
- Min 15
- Max 24
- Partly cloudy.
- Chance of any rain: 5%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Winds southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h turning south to southeasterly during the morning then becoming light during the evening.
Tuesday 18 February
- Summary
- Min 16
- Max 27
- Partly cloudy.
- Chance of any rain: 10%
Sydney area
Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day.
Wednesday 19 February
- Summary
- Min 19
- Max 28
- Possible shower.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm
- Chance of any rain: 40%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Light winds becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day.
Thursday 20 February
- Summary
- Min 19
- Max 27
- Possible shower.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm
- Chance of any rain: 40%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Light winds becoming southeasterly