A few more beaches open but not Dee Why
Hello Friends,
If you’re thinking of getting in, check the Northern Beaches website first.
As the pictures show, there are definitely waves around this morning. Wind was lightly offshore and the MHL buoy was showing 1.7 metres of 10-sec, straight south swell.
From the look of the models, we should have reasonable surf prospects again tomorrow morning and the coming week’s not looking too shabby. So here’s hoping the sunny conditions and lack of rain will combine to see more beaches open soon.
Go well!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea is extending a ridge along the NSW coast. Winds gradually turn northerly as the high pressure system drifts east during the weekend. A cold front is forecast to brush along the south coast on Sunday, bringing a southerly change to coastal waters. Northeasterly winds forecast to redevelop next week as the next ridge settled over the coastal waters.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the middle of the day.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- South to southeasterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Sunday 25 January
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning, then increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southeasterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Sunny.
- Caution
- Surf conditions in the afternoon and evening may be more powerful than they appear and are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Monday 26 January
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots shifting southerly 20 to 30 knots during the morning then decreasing to 15 to 20 knots during the day.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- South to southeasterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
- Caution
- Surf conditions in the early morning may be more powerful than they appear and are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.