Beautiful morning but micro waves
Hello Friends,
A light NW breeze and sunny skies greeted Tuesday morning early risers. Sadly, as the picture shows, we have no real waves to speak of. You might possibly get the odd knee high slide with a mal, but you’ll want to check the more direct south exposures for something short-boardable. Swell was coming from 154° with heights at sea of around a metre and a period of just 7 seconds. Tide was low at 0540 and will be back to high at 1210.
From the look of the swell models, we’ll probably have to wait until Thursday for the energy levels to improve. Friday and Saturday morning might see things get interesting as a solid 3+ metre, straight south swell fills in. The southerly wind will be hammering it from probably late morning both days.
Have a great Tuesday everyone!
Weather Situation
A trough is pushing north over the far northeast of the state this morning. Winds in most areas will briefly turn northeasterly again late today, before a low near Tasmania brings another southerly change on Wednesday. This low may generate large and powerful waves from Thursday and will then gradually move east and weaken on the weekend.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 20 knots shifting northeasterly in the middle of the day then tending northerly in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Wednesday 14 December
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore during the morning. Winds shifting west to southwesterly in the morning and south to southwesterly in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Thursday 15 December
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending south to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.