thinking out loud

Hello Friends

The short version: we have a couple metres of 10s SE swell and  light NW winds to begin the day in Sydney. The forecast is for the wind to kick up into the 20-25 kt range from the NE later. MHL’s Sydney buoy is showing peak periods into the 14 sec range - that’s juicy. And the good news is that down the coast from us, the buoys are showing _average_ periods of just under 14 sec. So, with any luck, those sets should be getting a bit more frequent as the day goes along.

I’m planning to take a closer, ahem, look this morning, so, if possible, I’ll report in again later.

Outlook for the remainder of the week is generally pretty good on the waves front but on Thursday it looks as though Huey plans to slam the engine room telegraph over to southerly…

Go well with your day… and keep on smilin’

Hello Friends,

Did you get a wave at the weekend? Sydney sure had its share of surf options - particularly yesterday at south swell spots. Back to grey skies this morning with a steady east wind making surface conditions less than attractive. According to the MHL buoy, Sydney’s looking at a couple metres of dead south swell. The power setting is on 10 sec with the odd longer period rogue to keep it interesting.

The day should brighten up as it goes along and the wind is due to come around to the NE with a high temp along the beaches of around 24. The swell should gradually ease, but right now the models suggest that it shouldn’t go completely flat in the coming week. While the cloud is set to break up today, the outlook for the rest of the week is a bit showery and - from around Thursday on, somewhat windy from the south. The very long range outlook currently anticipates another burst of good size south swell and light SW wind for next Sunday… big call, so we shall see…

Have yourself a top old day!

Hello Friends,

Beautiful morning but with a fair amount of SW breeze at first light. It’s due to throttle back to 10-15 kts and swing to the SE as the day goes along. The swell has faded on us overnight but there are still a few little ones around at the spots that had waves yesterday. I saw some waist high plus sets at Northy, down near Marquesas and around the corner at Dee Why.

The trend is downward from the look of the MHL data. There might possibly be a little upward tick in size this afternoon if a little SE pulse makes it up the coast to us.

Some of the models are showing a bit of longer period 1-2 metre stuff from the SE over the next 3-4 days, so it shouldn’t go completely flat.

Have yourself a top old weekend!