Glassy little lines Sunday morning
Hello Friends,
1100 update
Walked the beach an hour ago and got a few snaps to share.
As of 0830 the wind was coming from the NW at 5-7 kts, the 1.7 metre high tide was at 0750 and the swell at 0600 was 1.2 metres at 7-8 seconds from the east. Surface conditions were near glassy and there were a fair number of Sunday morning wave hunters in the water at Dee Why. It’s a typical wind swell – ie, close together and soft with only brief rides. It looks like waist-ish on the sets with maybe the odd bigger one when a set arrives.
The swell models continue to be, shall we say, summery. Both the GFS and ECM models are projecting low-energy conditions (short periods and wave heights bouncing around the metre mark) for the next 10 days at least.
A well, the water’s warm, so it’s still fine for a paddle and the waves will return.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea will extend a ridge along the New South Wales coast for the coming days. Winds are forecast to turn north to northeasterly on Tuesday, ahead of an approaching cold front and trough.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
- Winds
- Easterly 10 to 15 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers.
Monday 16 February
- Winds
- East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers.
Tuesday 17 February
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon or evening.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.