Once the Tasmania low clears there picture we’ll see monsoonal activity develop through the South Pacific/Coral Sea, likely with a broad area of low pressure squeezing pressure gradients along a long fetch between the North Island and near Island chains and retrograding back towards the East coast through the second half of this week.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/01/08/fun-sized-ely
freeride76
Monday, 8 January 2024
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/01/05/another-fun-round
freeride76
Friday, 5 January 2024
Surf-wise the fetch off the top of the high and a broad troughy area, holds another round of E’ly quadrant swell in the 2-3ft range, very similar to the last round. Quality will be wind affected but we should see light enough winds in the morning for glassy lightly wind affected surf.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/01/03/peelers-the
freeride76
Wednesday, 3 January 2024
Not a great deal of change since Mon with a slow moving, weakening high in the Tasman, and a coastal trough off the QLD Coast (responsible for hundreds of mm of rainfall) now moving away and dissipating. A trough moving north from a position east of Tasmania brings a renewal of the S’ly pattern into Fri before the summer pattern slowly resets over the weekend.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/01/01/workable-mediocre
freeride76
Monday, 1 January 2024
We’ve got a moderate strength high pressure cell (1025hPa) in the Tasman, connected to a high pressure belt under the continent, directing NE winds in Central/Southern NSW, more E-SE in the sub-tropics where a broad troughy area is directing a stronger onshore flow and whipping up local swells from that direction.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/29/outlook-looking
freeride76
Friday, 29 December 2023
No great change to the weekend f/cast. Just a small, weak mixed bag of leftover S swells and E swells to 1-2ft at best Sat, similar or smaller Sun.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/27/very-low-energy
freeride76
Wednesday, 27 December 2023
Elsewhere, it’s a bland pattern with a dormant Coral Sea. Cold fronts later this week and over the weekend will supply some minor S swell favouring NENSW S facing beaches.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/25/workable-waves
freeride76
Monday, 25 December 2023
For our sub-tropical region the main swell source will be a proximate N’ly fetch extending up to water adjacent to the CQ coast and holding a workable NE windswell.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/22/make-the-most
thermalben
Friday, 22 December 2023
An approaching inland trough will freshen northerlies about most coasts on Sunday, so make the most of Saturday.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/20/plenty-east-swell
thermalben
Wednesday, 20 December 2023
We’ve got building trade swells for the next few days, and a weakening synoptic pattern in the north, that will result in light variable winds and sea breezes in most northern areas.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/18/nice-run-pre-xmas
thermalben
Monday, 18 December 2023
I like the look of these weather charts.
