Nice waves, nice morning
Hello Friends,
Good news. The rain didn’t arrive before sunrise and this morning’s early shift enjoyed fun size chest-plus waves along with light westerly breezes to keep things clean. High tide was a swampy 1.78 m at 0640, so the 1.3 metre, 11-sec east swell was struggling a bit in that respect. With luck as the tide runs out, the rain’ll hold off and the wind won’t swing to the NE until lunch time.
The more hopeful swell modelling paints a picture of fun surf for the morning sessions through to around mid-week – but with showers. On Wednesday it looks as though we’ll get a south pulse into the 3 metre range. Unfortunately, the wind’ll be on top of it and the weather will be showery. Maybe by next weekend…
We’re set for a week of showery weather, so get out and get amongst it this morning if you can! Oh, and go vote!!
Weather Situation
A trough lies off the northern coastal waters, while high pressure system extends a ridge over the southern coastal waters. The trough is forecast to extend further south and deepen into a low as another trough crosses the coast during Sunday, driving a fresh and gusty southerly change. The low is expected to move further east on Monday, driving a fresh south to southwesterly flow.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Easterly 1.5 metres, tending northeasterly 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 90% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Sunday 27 April
Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots tending west to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the morning then tending southerly 15 to 25 knots in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 30 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning, then increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres by early evening.
- 1st Swell
- Northeasterly 1.5 metres, tending easterly 1.5 metres during the morning, then increasing to 2 to 2.5 metres around midday.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe.
Monday 28 April
- Winds
- Southerly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers.