Grey skies and glassy little waves
Hello Friends,
A light NW breeze smoothed off the surface conditions for the morning crew who were greeted with grey skies, misty passing showers and a 1.5 metre SE swell with a 14 second period. It looked kinda lully, but as you can see from the snaps, wave faces were nudging the chest-high mark at the point and along the beach. The long period will mean a higher percentage of shutdowns on the beaches, but points and reefs should be fun. First tide of the day was the high at 0920. It’ll be back to low at 1445. Weather should remain showery, but lightly so and wind is expected to be 10-15 kts from the N-NE by around lunch.
Tomorrow will be rainy again, but the swell energy should bump up thanks to some NE energy mixing in with the southerly long period stuff. Wednesday’s looking hopeful with sunny skies and little easterly-ish bumps in the waist plus range…
From Thursday onward, things look intriguing shall we say. If the models have it right, we could be in for a run of fun and possibly challenging conditions as we head into another showery weekend.
Go well with your Monday everyone!
Weather Situation
Winds will tend north to northeasterly and then increase as a strong high pressure system moves across the southern Tasman Sea and a trough approaches from the west tomorrow. This trough looks set to bring a west to southwesterly wind change later Tuesday or Wednesday as it reaches the Tasman Sea.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
- Winds
- North to northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the afternoon.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers.
Tuesday 9 July
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots turning northwesterly below 10 knots during the afternoon and evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the afternoon.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 90% chance of rain.
Wednesday 10 July
- Winds
- West to northwesterly about 10 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- East to northeasterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Weather
- Sunny.