Not too interesting
Hello Friends,
There were scrappy, knee to waist-high bumps at Dee Why this morning thanks to a metre or so of 9-second SE swell. The ENE wind that arrived late yesterday morning blew all night and was 9-13 kts when I grabbed the daily pic for you. Tide was high at 0600 and will bottom out at 1255. Water is on 22 °C and clean.
Outlook is for similar conditions again tomorrow morning and probably Friday as well. The NE’r is forecast to go harder on Thursday, so Friday early may be a bit bigger.
As noted previously, there is a strong likelihood of 3+ metre, 10-sec SE-ESE energy hitting us from Saturday. This morning’s models are showing it staying around that size across next week. Unfortunately the wind is set to be onshore the whole time and the weather will be cloudy and intermittently rainy as well.
Have a great Wednesday everyone!
Weather Situation
A weak ridge lies over the New South Wales coast, maintaining an onshore east to northeasterly airstream. Winds will increase fresh to strong on Thursday, before a trough enters the south coast and develops into a low pressure system on Friday, bringing fresh to strong southeasterly winds in its wake.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- Northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Thursday 15 January
Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northeasterly 15 to 25 knots increasing to 25 to 30 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. A thunderstorm likely in the afternoon and evening.
Friday 16 January
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 20 to 30 knots shifting southerly 15 to 20 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon or evening.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeast to southeasterly below 1 metre, tending east to northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.