Clean little waves around
Hello Friends,
It was very full this morning thanks to the 1.8 m high tide at 0750, but at places well-tuned to the 8-second metre or so of east wind swell were producing fun little knee to waist high bumps. The wind has been coming very lightly from the WSW so surface conditions were attractive. A good day for your floatiest surf tool and your chill-est attitude (you’ll be doing a lot of waiting around).
Outlook is for conditions to be similar to today again tomorrow with a gradual increase in swell height and period from Friday into Saturday. Although we have three cyclones in the coral sea, the models aren’t showing anything coming our way until toward the middle of next week. Of course being cyclones, they can move around fairly dramatically, so every surfer on the east coast will be closely following their antics.
Go well and have fun!
Forecast issued at 4:10 am EDT on Wednesday 26 February 2025.
Weather Situation
A trough over the Hunter coast is weakening as a high pressure system over Bass Strait is entering the Tasman Sea while extending a ridge along the coast. This pattern will maintain east to northeasterly winds through the midweek, then troughs brushing the southern and central coastal waters will bring coastal southerly changes later in the week and on the weekend.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northeasterly during the afternoon and evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Thursday 27 February
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning and early afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Easterly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Friday 28 February
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.
- Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon or evening.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.