Ripple hunting
Hello Friends,
As expected, the ocean has subsided to near-lake like conditions. Your only hope of a grovel is to find a south magnet onto which the 0.75 metre, 8-sec period swell is focusing. Apart from the minimal energy, conditions are quite pleasant in a wintry way. Wind at 0730 was just a faint zephyr from the NNW, skies were slightly veiled by a thin layer of cloud and the BoM tells us to expect a high of 21. Tide was coming into the 1.44 m high at 0940. Beachwatch says pollution is unlikely and water’s on a brisk 17.
Outlook is for even smaller tomorrow and remaining micro until maybe Sunday morning when a fresh straight south pulse could make itself known…
Go well!
Weather Situation
A large high pressure system centred in the Tasman Sea extends a ridge over New South Wales, driving northerly winds today. A cold front and its associated trough reach the coastal waters during Friday turning the winds westerly, with another trough moving along southern waters during Saturday.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning northerly in the afternoon. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Thursday 25 July
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Friday 26 July
- Winds
- Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending northerly 10 to 15 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon or evening.
- Swell
- Southerly below 0.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers.