Good Good Friday
Hello Friends,
Light N-NW wind and a 1.6 metre 11-second period SSE swell for Good Friday morning. Needless to say it was looking pretty busy at the Dee Why end of the beach and at the point. Sets looked to be in the chest to shoulder high with maybe the odd bomb nudging into the head plus range. The first tide of the day is a 1.6m high just before 0900. We’re back to a lowish 0.4 m at 1500. Water is clean and the ocean temp has ticked up to 23 – a shade under the predicted high for Friday’s weather of 24. It should be partly cloudy with a high chance of showers and a good possibility of thunderstorms. The wind should stay NW and pick up into the 15-25 kt range as the day goes along, so the comparatively smooth surface conditions in the south corners this morning won’t last.
Wondering about the rest of the holiday weekend and beyond? Then check out the Mighty Goat’s words of surf wisdom.
Have a great day!
Weather Situation
North to northeasterly winds will increase today as a cold front approaches from the west. This front will brings a west to southwesterly change on Saturday. Following this, strong southwesterly winds and large surf are forecast to develop along the New South Wales coast as a low pressure system reaches the southern Tasman Sea.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northeasterly 15 to 25 knots tending northerly in the morning then turning west to northwesterly in the late evening. Winds reaching up to 30 knots offshore in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeast to southeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe.
Saturday 8 April
Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Westerly 20 to 30 knots.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres around midday.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending easterly below 1 metre by early evening.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny. 60% chance of showers offshore.
Sunday 9 April
- Winds
- Westerly 20 to 30 knots turning southwesterly during the morning.
- Seas
- 2 to 3 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly 2 to 3 metres inshore, increasing to 3 to 4 metres offshore during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.