Offshore, sunny and fun looking
Hello Friends,
Another beautiful and chilly morning along the beaches. Swell at sea was coming from the SSE at 1.6 metres with a period of 9-seconds. As you can see from the pictures waves at Dee Why were in the chest-high range on sets. Wind was 11-16 kts as of 0800. It should pick up into the 15-20 kt range from the SW later. Tide hit a modest 1.34 m high at 0815 and will swing slightly back to a 0.88 m low at 1440. So, basically we’re looking at waves all day.
From the look of the swell forecast models, we should have similar conditions tomorrow through to Saturday.
Here’s one for your calendar:
Weather Situation
A low pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea slowly moves eastwards while whipping fresh to strong west to southwesterly winds and large powerful surf over coastal waters. Winds and surf will gradually ease over the coming days as the low slowly heads to the southern Tasman Sea while a ridge of high pressure becomes the dominant feature in the west. Then a trough looks set to brush the coast later in the week before the ridge moves to the north and a front slips to the south during the weekend.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore during the morning and early afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
- Swell
- Southerly 2 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore.
Thursday 12 June
- Winds
- Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore.
Friday 13 June
- Winds
- Southerly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon or evening.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, tending southeasterly 1.5 metres during the evening.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.