You thought yesterday was marginal
Hello Friends,
Not a bad looking morning along the Northern Beaches for Monday. The wind was coming lightly from the WSW and had there been any swell, conditions would have been ideal. But, alas, the metre or so mix of SW wind chop and light north bump out at sea was 4-8 seconds apart. As a consequence surf conditions are mostly lake-like. Tomorrow could be a touch bigger but from this morning’s swell models, we’ll need to wait until Thursday for a (very slight) improvement in energy levels. But that’s also when we can expect gloomy weather and south wind. Arggh. The more hopeful weather and swell models were holding out hopes for 2-ish metre, 9-sec east with light offshores for the early around Tuesday next week. So there is that…
Have a good one!
Weather Situation
A trough will move through southern parts this morning, followed by a ridge developing in its wake. Fresh northerly winds will develop later Tuesday as the ridge extends to the Tasman Sea and a high pressure system forms within it. Then, the next trough brushing the southern and central parts of the coast mid to late this week will bring another south to southeasterly wind change in its wake.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Monday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore during the morning. Winds turning south to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning, then decreasing below 1 metre by early evening.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Tuesday 18 November
- Winds
- Southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending westerly before dawn then shifting northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the late morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing to around 1 metre during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Wednesday 19 November
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.