Saturday looking crazy
Hello Friends,
I may be about as far as one can be from the sea in Australia, but thanks to the wonders of technology, I can still check the surf prospects back home for Saturday morning.
The Bureau’s advice is, essentially, to stay out of the water. The call is for a south pulse in the 3 to 5(!) metre range to arrive on Saturday morning – along with gale force SW and rainy weather.
As I write this on Friday evening, swell offshore is not quite a metre from the east. So the big stuff is yet to make itself felt. The GFS and ECMWF models show the wave train showing up on platform Sydney in the early afternoon, peaking in the 3-4 metre range overnight, but still being 3-ish metres for the early on Sunday. By then the wind could be light and offshore and the skies sunny once more.
No idea if I’ll have internet tomorrow evening or Sunday, so here’s hoping Sunday is a classic for those of you fit and experienced enough to contemplate jumping in.
Go well!
Weather Situation
A strong cold front is crossing the state today,and will be followed by a high pressure ridge that will persist through to mid next week.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
Gale Warning for Friday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northwesterly 20 to 30 knots, reaching up to 35 knots offshore in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres by early evening.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore later tonight.
Saturday 30 August
Gale Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Westerly 25 to 35 knots turning southwesterly 25 to 40 knots in the early afternoon then decreasing to 20 to 30 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 2.5 to 3 metres, increasing to 2 to 4 metres around midday.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 3 to 5 metres around midday.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late morning and afternoon.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Sunday 31 August
- Winds
- Southwesterly 20 to 30 knots tending west to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots before dawn then becoming variable below 10 knots in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing below 1 metre around midday.
- Swell
- Southerly 3 to 5 metres, decreasing to 2.5 to 3 metres around midday.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Monday 1 September
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning westerly during the morning then becoming variable below 10 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 2 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Sunny.