Near flat this morning
Hello Friends,
No surf for you today at Dee Why. At 0600 the MHL buoy was detecting a metre of 6-secon NE wind bump. And that was translating into ankle to knee-high dribble. If you’re really keen, you should be able to find something barely catch-able at a NE magnet. The wind will follow the usual summer pattern and be 15-25 kts from the NE by around lunchtime.
The good news is that we’re probably at the nadir of the surf cycle. The latest projections from NSW Nearshore Wave Tool show a slight uptick in wave size over the weekend. I’m not expecting much because the average period will still be short. I’ll be interested to see what the Goat thinks.
Have a top old Thursday.
Weather Situation
Onshore north to northeasterly winds along the coast will continue to freshen through this week as a high over the Tasman Sea strengthens. A cold front and its associated trough will cross the coastal areas during the weekend, bringing a fresh to strong southerly wind change in their wake.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots turning northeasterly 15 to 25 knots in the middle of the day.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly below 0.5 metres.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Friday 9 January
Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots during the day.
- Seas
- 2 to 3 metres.
- Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Saturday 10 January
- Winds
- Northerly 20 to 30 knots.
- Seas
- 2 to 3 metres.
- Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Sunny.