Quiet but not flat
Hello Friends,
A mild and sunny Friday morning along the beaches with a light NE breeze just starting to texture the ocean surface by 0930. The MHL data fro 0800 showed a metre of 8-second wind swell coming mainly from the south. As you can see from the pictures, this was translating into knee to waist plus wave faces at the better exposures.
Swell’s supposed to perk up into the 2 metre range by late this afternoon. With any luck it’ll still be around that size for tomorrow’s early when the wind call is for NW early, going westerly later on what should be a mainly sunny day.
As for the week ahead, well the Goat is in an OK mood about our prospects…
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Weather Situation
A high pressure ridge lies across the coast of NSW this morning. The winds will turn northerly later this week ahead of a cold front that looks set to begin affecting the coast this afternoon and continue Saturday. The winds will turn westerly in its wake late Saturday or during Sunday. In the new week another cold front is forecast to brush the southern parts of the coast bringing a southerly change up the coast most likely on Tuesday.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- North to northwesterly about 10 knots tending north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the middle of the day.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
- Swell
- Southeasterly 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres by early evening.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Saturday 5 October
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the morning and early afternoon. Winds turning westerly during the day.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Sunday 6 October
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the afternoon then tending west to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Sunny.