North corners only
Hello Friends,
If you’re super keen there are little knee to waist-high bumps making their way into some of the north corners this morning. Swell was coming from the south at 1.5 metres with a 14-second period. That long period means long waits between the sets. The first tide of the daylight hours is the 1.77 m high at 1100, so you can expect conditions to be getting fat and full as the morning goes along. Plus, the BoM says the swell will be getting smaller than it already is. And then there’s the wind. At report time it was lignt NNW, but the forecast tells us to expect it to swing SE from around high tide – which pretty much ought to finish off the surf prospects for the rest of the day.
When does it get better?
Well, the next couple days are not looking hopeful at all. And the rest of the week is looking like more tiny, short-period wind swell with onshores and on-again, off-again showery stuff.
Another week on hold I guess.
Never mind, have a top old Saturday everyone!
Weather Situation
Winds are northerly ahead of a southerly wind change moving along the southern half of the coast as a weak trough moves through and decays during Saturday. Winds turn fresh north to northwesterly by Sunday as a high builds over the Tasman, ahead of another southerly change moving along the southern half of the coast on Monday with the next trough.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots shifting south to southeasterly in the late morning and early afternoon then decreasing to about 10 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon.
Sunday 22 February
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the middle of the day then tending north to northwesterly in the late evening. Winds reaching up to 25 knots offshore in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.
Monday 23 February
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots shifting east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 70% chance of showers.