Dee Why we’re still waiting
Hello Friends,
The southerly arrived around 0430 this morning and by 0800 it was 11-15 kts. At around dusk yesterday, the swell regime switched to the NE and this morning saw 1.4 metres of 7-8 sec wind swell arriving from 60°. As the picture shows, it wasn’t doing Dee Why any favours. A swampy 1.74 metre high tide at 0855 wasn’t helping the cause either.
If you’re really keen to get wet, there should be some waist-plus sets at the better exposures, but the wind promises to be a factor all day.
When will it improve? Well, as usual, I’m keenly awaiting the Goat’s thoughts on the matter. The wind call for the next three days isn’t looking great to me, but maybe he’ll see something later in the week.
Have a top old Thursday everyone!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system will direct fresh to strong northeasterly winds along the northern coast today. A trough will also brush the central coasts today, bringing a south to southeasterly wind change to the southern and central coasts, before stalling about Hunter or Mid North Coast on Friday. Winds tending east to northeasterly again over the weekend as another high moves into the Tasman Sea and a trough lingers about the coast.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots shifting southerly 15 to 25 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm late this afternoon and evening.
Friday 21 November
- Winds
- Southerly 15 to 20 knots turning southeasterly in the morning.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then tending southeasterly 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending easterly below 1 metre during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening.
Saturday 22 November
- Winds
- East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots tending east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Southeasterly 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the evening.