Easter Monday and everyone’s in the water
Hello Friends,
After an ordinary weekend wave-wise, we have abundant peaks for the abundant crowds at Dee Why this morning. At 0730 the wind was 4-5 kts from the west under partly cloudy skies. The 0600 MHL data was showing 1.5 metres of 10-second period easterly swell. It’s dialled in for the beach (where wave faces on sets looked to be shoulder high), but not really doing much at the point.
The forecast is calling for the wind to stay benign through the morning, but at the same time, the swell’s set to fade as we head back toward smaller, but still surfable, conditions for the remainder of the week.
Go well with your holiday Monday everyone.
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Forecast issued at 4:00 am EST on Monday 6 April 2026.
Weather Situation
Moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds today with a high over the southern Tasman Sea extending a ridge along the coast. These winds will shift northeasterly along the southern half of the coast later this morning and then north to northwesterly everywhere along the coast on Tuesday ahead of a cold front that brings a southerly change to the southern half of the coast late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
- Winds
- Variable below 10 knots becoming northerly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre by early evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Tuesday 7 April
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending west to northwesterly in the early morning then becoming variable about 10 knots in the middle of the day.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Wednesday 8 April
- Winds
- South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly below 10 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.