Paltry offerings
Hello Friends,
Given conditions yesterday evening, I’d hoped for a little more energy this morning. Sadly it was not to be. The scrappy, weak but waist to chest-high bumps have given way to scrappy, knee to waist-high dribble this morning. 9-11 kts of ESE wind and showery grey skies aren’t helping the cause either.
The 0500 MHL buoy data showed 1.6 metres of 8-second period mix of SE to E energy. From the shape of the Bureau’s marine forecast this morning, it doesn’t look as though we can expect any significant improvement tomorrow. But maybe on Monday with a shift to SW wind and an increasing south swell component, there just might be something to tempt surfers.
As for the rest of the work week, the outlook isn’t too bad for this time of year. The models are showing favourable morning winds and around a metre or so of SE energy to keep it interesting. If the more hopeful predictions come to pass, we could be heading into next weekend with close to 2 metres of 10-11 second period SE swell…
Go well everyone!
Weather Situation
A trough is stalling about Mid North Coast and Hunter coast today. Winds are gradually tending east to northeasterly over the weekend as a high moves into the Tasman Sea and a trough lingers about the coast.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the afternoon. Winds turning northeasterly in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- 1st Swell
- Southeasterly 1.5 metres, tending southerly around 1 metre by early evening.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly below 1 metre, tending southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore later tonight.
Sunday 23 November
- Winds
- Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending northwest to northeasterly before dawn then becoming variable about 10 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending southerly around 1 metre during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- East to southeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
Monday 24 November
- Winds
- Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning southerly 15 to 20 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- East to northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning.