Hello Friends,
It was raining steadily as Saturday morning opened play, so no pictures from me for now. As the chart above shows, we had 2 metres of 9-second-ish straight south swell coming our way as of 0700. By 0830 when I started writing this, the wind was WSW at 10-15 kts and tide had just peaked at 1.35 m. It’ll run out to a 0.59 m low at 1350. From a glance at the cams, swell looks to be producing knee- to occasionally waist-high waves at the better exposures. The Bureau says it’ll start coming up a little around midday. The energy and the rain look like sticking around into Sunday, and there may even be a few grovel-able lumps for Monday morning. But after that… we could be headed into an extended period of tiny to flat conditions for as far out as the GFS swell model predicts (to 1 July). On the plus side, Beachwatch says the water’s clean and 19 C – which is three degrees warmer than today’s expected high.
Go well!
Weather Situation
A trough will move north along the coast over the weekend bringing a surge of southerly winds to central and northern waters. Behind this, a ridge of high pressure strengthens over the coast and moves over the Tasman Sea early next week.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Southwesterly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots during the morning and early afternoon. Winds turning southerly during the morning.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres around midday.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Sunday 23 June
- Winds
- Southerly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre by early evening.
- Swell
- Southerly 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres later in the evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers.
Monday 24 June
- Winds
- Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable below 10 knots during the morning then becoming northerly 10 to 15 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
