The Goat’s Surf Forecast
Surf forecast issued Thursday 26 October 2023: Seven day outlook for Sydney
Pufferjackets were back in vogue today, as temperatures dragged up from Antarctica were flung at anyone on the coast who felt the urge to be outside with Nature, or anyone who didn’t for that matter.
Wind, showers, cold, wet, wild, messy, horrible.. Did I mention wind? It didn’t let up most of the day 40 – 60 kph SSE gusts on the coast kept the apparent temp much lower than we’ve been used to for a while. It struggled to get to 10 degrees for 10 minutes but then fell back to 8s and 6s
Not a day for the beach with surf looking well, silly. As the swell direction was dead South it was only getting into select venues and it was not making them look pretty with the wind behind it.
However it looks like conditions might improve around Sunday.
TG has his head under a pile of blankets so this is all I could get out of him…
Friday: say around 2 + metres at places open to Dead South swell
Saturday: say ditto
Sunday: easing back a bit in size but with swell direction changing more South East it might still be powerful..somewhere in the upper end of the 1-2 metre range South East
Monday: 1-2 metres South East
Tuesday: somewhere in the 1-2 metre rnage going down as the swell direction goes more dead South/ South West
Wednesday: upper end of the 1-2 metre range at dead South spots
Thursday: 1-2 metres dead South spots.
Stay well ~~ Stay safe ~~ Have fun!
TG
Up in the Air
http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/4day_col.shtml
Winds
https://www.windy.com/-33.850/151.220?-37.927,148.315,4
Down in the Sea
Water temp is around 20
Tides
https://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-06/nsw_tides_2023%E2%80%932024.pdf
Weather from the Bureau
Forecast for the rest of Thursday
- Summary
- Shower or two.
- Chance of any rain: 60%
Sydney area
Cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Winds southerly 25 to 40 km/h.
Sun protection recommended from 9:00 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High]
Friday 27 October
- Summary
- Min 13
- Max 19
- Showers.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 4 mm
- Chance of any rain: 80%
Sydney area
Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds southerly 20 to 30 km/h becoming light in the late evening.
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as rock fishing, swimming and surfing.
Fire Danger – High
Sun protection recommended from 9:00 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High]
Saturday 28 October
- Summary
- Min 13
- Max 21
- Partly cloudy.
- Chance of any rain: 10%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening.
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as rock fishing, swimming and surfing.
Sun protection recommended from 9:00 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High]
Sunday 29 October
- Summary
- Min 12
- Max 26
- Sunny.
- Chance of any rain: 0%
Sydney area
Sunny. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day then tending northerly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening.
Sun protection recommended from 9:00 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High]
Monday 30 October
- Summary
- Min 15
- Max 32
- Sunny.
- Chance of any rain: 5%
Sydney area
Sunny. Light winds becoming north to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.
Tuesday 31 October
- Summary
- Min 18
- Max 24
- Partly cloudy.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm
- Chance of any rain: 30%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending south to southeasterly 25 to 35 km/h during the morning.
Wednesday 1 November
- Summary
- Min 14
- Max 21
- Possible shower.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm
- Chance of any rain: 40%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Winds southerly 15 to 20 km/h tending southeasterly during the morning.
Thursday 2 November
- Summary
- Min 13
- Max 23
- Partly cloudy.
- Possible rainfall: 0 mm
- Chance of any rain: 30%
Sydney area
Cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds bec