Swell keeps on keeping on for Friday
Hello Friends,
More surf energy on a morning that had reached only 9 chilly degrees as of 0830. At that point the wind was still coming from the west at 9-13 kts, but the marine forecast tells us to expect the showers to arrive along with the wind swinging south. Swell was just shy of 2 metres at 10 seconds and coming from the SE. It looked very consistent when I grabbed the snaps and size was similar to yesterday’s* head-high to overhead on the sets. Tide was coming into the 1.33 metre high at 0940. Water was clean and 18 C.
As always, the Mighty Goat has rugged up and had a look at the surf portents for us. You’ll find his wise words here.
*I spent an hour or so between noon and 1-ish shooting the action at Dee Why. For those who were interested in seeing if I got their immortal stylings, I’ve got 1800 shots to winnow first, but I should be able to start posting them in the next couple of days.
Have a great day!
Here’s one for your calendar:
Weather Situation
A trough is moving north along the coast of NSW this morning as a high pressure ridge lies over the land. The trough is expected to deepen and form a weak low off the north coast later today, bringing strengthening southerly winds. This system will weaken and move offshore before several fronts brush the southern waters over the weekend and through to Monday.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- Southerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots inshore during the morning and early afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres inshore.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Saturday 14 June
- Winds
- Southerly 15 to 20 knots turning east to southeasterly below 10 knots during the day.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.
- 1st Swell
- South to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.
- 2nd Swell
- East to southeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore.
Sunday 15 June
- Winds
- Variable below 10 knots becoming west to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then tending west to southwesterly during the day.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the afternoon.
- 2nd Swell
- East to southeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.