Too small for crowds
Hello Friends,
It has to be pretty ordinary to keep the usual little group of diehards away from Dee Why, but as of 0830, I couldn’t see anyone in the water. The wind has been coming from the ENE since late yesterday evening and as of 0830 it was 7-10 kts. The MHL buoy was detecting 1.5 metres of 8-second straight south swell. That combo should mean the odd waist-plus wave at focal points. But most places will be unsurfably tiny. Or, as the Mighty Goat puts it in his latest week-ahead surf outlook, “Timing and numbers (like schools of fish?) might be the best policy at the moment.”
Go well with your Friday everyone!
Weather Situation
Winds are northerly as a ridge of high pressure builds over the north coast. A southerly wind change will move along the southern half of the coast as a weak trough moves through and decays during Saturday. Winds turn fresh north to northwesterly by Sunday as a high builds over the Tasman.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Saturday 21 February
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore early in the morning. Winds shifting south to southeasterly in the afternoon then becoming variable below 10 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
Sunday 22 February
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning then becoming northeasterly 20 to 30 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon or evening.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.