Get thee to a south magnet
Hello Friends,
The difference between the south magnets and other stretches is stark this morning. It was virtually flat in the corner at Dee Why and at Surfrider Gardens. But at the northern ends the 1.3 metre, 11 second dead south swell was producing rideable waves in the waist to occasionally chest-plus range. Conditions were perfect for the early: sunny skies, a faint NNW breeze and an incoming tide (it hits the 1.81 m high at 1025). Water quality is rated “pollution unlikely” and temp is 18.
Outlook is for the conditions to be best this morning and maybe, with a bit of luck, to be fun again tomorrow for the early. Thereafter the models show a run of near-flatness until late in the week when we could see rainy, southerly weather and a noticeable south pulse. But the wind will be on top of it, so I’m not feeling too hopeful for reasonable surf prospects. Maybe next weekend…
Go well and have fun!
Weather Situation
A series of cold fronts and troughs will pass to the south over the next few days, bringing bursts of fresh to strong westerly winds to southern and central waters. A high pressure system is forecast to cross the state and reach the Tasman Sea between Sunday and Monday, with winds turning northeasterly ahead of a cold front that looks set to cross the state mid to late next week.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the late afternoon then becoming westerly 10 to 15 knots in the evening. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the morning and again in the late evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres later in the evening.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Sunday 22 September
- Winds
- Westerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore early in the morning. Winds becoming variable about 10 knots in the early afternoon then becoming northwest to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Monday 23 September
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northeasterly during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Weather
- Sunny.