thinking out loud

Hello Friends,

So, how ’bout them cats? Tonight’s game should be good too. Oh, surf? You wanted to know about surf on this beautiful Sydney spring day?

Well, what can I do but add to what the pictures show? It’s dire. The windswell is only about 7 sec apart and is struggling to reach an average height at sea of a metre. It’s out of the SE, which is good, and the wind is out of the NW (going to 15-20kts this arvo) which would be good too - if there were waves.

It looks as though the flatness will continue here in Sydney at least through tomorrow. Then, maybe on Tuesday some longer period stuff will sneak in from all the activity that’s due to be brewing up across the eastern Tasman. The current bright spot (and it’s not much more than a glow) is Thr-Fri when at least one of the models is calling for some reasonable period south swell into the two metre range. Fingers crossed, eh?

Off you go then, and have yourself a great day!

Hello Friends,

Breezy and beautiful this morning in Sydney. But the surf? Oh, that… ummm… got anything on this weekend? See, the thing is, when the SW change came through last night, the average period went from around 8 seconds to just 5. Combine that with a bare metre of SSW swell and you have a perfect flatness recipe.

There’s no obvious prospect for surf in our region today. If you were to head way down south to the Vic border, there might be something into the waist high range. Unfortunately, the Merimbula forecast calls for even more wind than the 15-20 kts of W-SW we’re due to get here in Sydney.

The long range outlook is for these westerly winds to continue through the coming week. But there doesn’t seem to be much hope for anything surfable along most of the east coast until Thursday, when it looks as though there could be a bit of south swell action (although Sydney may be a bit light on).

Ah, spring… the sooner we’re done with it, the better!

Never mind, enjoy your day, go well and stay happy!

 little, tiny wavelets at Dee Why beach around 0715

Hello Friends,

Breezy this morning and expected to become considerably more so this afternoon as the N-NW wind pushes up into the 20-25 kt range across the Sydney region. Interestingly, it isn’t utterly flat at Dee Why. Swell is  east, only about 7 seconds apart and a metre on average out at sea. That’s making for the occasional waist high set but it has to be said that the waits are considerable.

Thanks to an intense low off to the sw of Tasmania, the wind will be hitting 20-30 kts tonight as a SW change comes through. Saturday morning should see the wind beginning to ease off for the day. I don’t think it’s very likely that we’ll have much of anything in the way of waves along the east coast on Saturday.

Hope your day rolls along well and a few waves come your way!