Hot northwesterly breezes are likely to keep conditions clean on Thursday, before a gusty southerly buster rips up the coast generating a sizey, low quality windswell for Friday. Persistent southerlies are likely to limit options to open beaches over the better part of the weekend, improving slightly on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday are looking good for a fun southeasterly swell of a developing Tasman low.
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Guy Dixon
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
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Guy Dixon
Monday, 11 January 2016
Small NE windswell tomorrow, with inconsistent E/NE groundswell Wednesday, peaking Thursday as a sneaky S/SE groundswell builds.
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Guy Dixon
Friday, 8 January 2016
Conditions will be clean each morning of the weekend with residual swell from today and a fresh southelry groundswell moving in late Saturday afternoon. If this doesn't suit, have a sniff around a south facing beach on Saturday afternoon as the swell builds.
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Guy Dixon
Wednesday, 6 January 2016
Multiple swell sources continuing to provide plenty of swell to end the week with Friday morning offering the best conditions.
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Guy Dixon
Monday, 4 January 2016
No shortage of swell generators in the coming week, however winds will be the limiting factor. Large SE swell initially, mixed in with long range E/NE mid week. Finally, S'ly groundswell late in the week.
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thermalben
Friday, 1 January 2016
A new E’ly swell is expected to fill into the region throughout Saturday. There may be a slight lag at dawn (read: small leftover surf) but otherwise we should see an upwards trend all morning ahead of a peak in the afternoon.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2015/12/30/small-clean-waves-thursfri-ahead
thermalben
Wednesday, 30 December 2015
Looks like a very active weekend ahead of all East Coast surfers. In fact the next week and half should produce an extended period of excellent waves for many locations.
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thermalben
Monday, 28 December 2015
This system won’t be perfectly aligned for our region, but as its fetch will be working on an already active sea state, it will take less effort to kick up a decent groundswell - of which we’ll see some sideband energy glancing the coast throughout Wednesday, probably from lunchtime onwards.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2015/12/25/winds-limiting-options-coming-days
Guy Dixon
Friday, 25 December 2015
Plenty of swell on the forecast, however local winds may cause an issue over the coming days. Initially, open beaches look to be bumpy for the best part of the day with options in the 2-3ft range rolling in. Then, the south facing beaches become the focus, with the potential for wind affected options in the 3-4ft range on Sunday.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2015/12/23/trade-swell-peaking-boxing-day-potential
Guy Dixon
Wednesday, 23 December 2015
Easterly swell on the menu for the end of the week, peaking on Staurday morning. A southerly change is then due, providing a strong kick in southerly windswell, followed by a sustained southeasterly swell in the 4ft range. We are hoping for light/variable-southelry breezes from Tuesday, but the outlook remains somewhat uncertain.
