If you’re keen
Hello Friends,
In this morning’s bulletins, the Bureau tells us it’s going to be showery all day. When I grabbed the snaps this morning, the wind was to 13-21 kts from the SSW and there were a few sunny breaks. Swell at sea was 2 metres but coming from the SSW at only 5 seconds apart. There’s some south to SSE component though and that was delivering head high wave faces along the beach. But it’s mostly sliding by the point.
The wind’s going to come around to the south soon, and once that happens surf prospects will deteriorate. Tomorrow’s not looking too hopeful with the wind likely to be SE from the get-go and average periods predicted not to improve. But later in the week we might get lucky…
Go well!
Weather Situation
A weakening ridge of high pressure over the northern coast directs an east to northeasterly flow, while a slow moving trough sits over central parts of the coast. Winds over the southern and central coastal waters will continue fresh south to southeasterly during Sunday, before weakening and gradually turning east to northeasterly early next week as a high pressure system slips south and extends a ridge over the coastal waters early next week. Meanwhile, a low pressure system will deepen off the Gold Coast on Sunday, and drive a fresh southeasterly flow to the northern coast through early next week.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
- Winds
- Southerly 15 to 20 knots becoming southeasterly in the middle of the day.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon.
Monday 9 March
- Winds
- Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, tending southeasterly 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- East to northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and early afternoon.
Tuesday 10 March
- Winds
- East to southeasterly below 10 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending southerly around 1 metre during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- East to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.