Gloomy, rainy, onshore start to Saturday
Hello Friends,
Up at first light for my weekly radio report and it was instantly obvious this is not a surfing day. From inside the RealSurf wheelhouse at 0630, the rain could be heard falling lightly but steadily. Wind was coming steadily from the SSE at 14-19 kts down at North Head. The MHL data from 0400 showed 1.6 metres of 7-second SSE wind swell.
The rainy area was pretty much hugging the coast, and likely by mid-morning it’ll be into a pattern of occasional showers and grey skies.
Tomorrow looks like being much the same, but perhaps on Easter Monday morning we’ll see better wind conditions and possibly a little easterly wind swell to kick off what could be a run of mainly small (1-1.5 metres), but rideable east-ish bumps for the morning sessions through to Thursday.
Have a great Saturday everyone.
Weather Situation
South to southeasterly winds through the weekend as a weakening trough moves up the coast while a high drifts across Tasmania and enters the Tasman Sea during Sunday. The high will extend a ridge over coastal waters into early next week. Winds are forecast to shift north on Tuesday ahead of the next cold front, which is expected to bring a southerly change in the evening.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres inshore around midday.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 70% chance of showers.
Sunday 5 April
- Winds
- Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore early in the morning. Winds decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre, tending southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then tending easterly 1.5 metres later in the evening.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Monday 6 April
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then tending northerly during the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Easterly 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.