Sleepy Saturday Sea
Hello Friends,
As you were. The ocean is slumbering and near-surfless. Out at sea as of 0500, the MHL buoy was detecting 1.1 metres of 6-second NE wind bump. If you were desperate it was possible to get the odd knee high dribbler at the northeast magnets, but it was very weak and the rides were brief.
Sadly, it looks as though we’ll get no immediate relief for our surf hunger. The swell models are doubtful about any significant improvement for the next week. The doldrums have becalmed us.
Have a top old showery Saturday friends!
Weather Situation
A trough of low pressure in the state’s far west heads eastwards and brushes the far south coast on Saturday. Then a more significant cold front is forecast to cross the southern and central parts of the coast late Sunday through Monday, with gusty westerly winds in its wake, before reaching the far north coast and weakening. Then another high pressure ridge will briefly become the dominant feature before passage of the next cold front mid next week.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore during the morning and early afternoon. Winds tending northwesterly in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon.
Sunday 25 August
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres by early evening.
- Swell
- Northeasterly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers.
Monday 26 August
- Winds
- Northwesterly 20 to 25 knots turning west to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the day.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon or evening.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.