Today’s westerly change has no redeeming features of than its influence on surface conditions.
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Not much more than an easing trend expected this weekend.
Friday looks much better with a high pressure system moving across the region, allowing light variable winds to envelop the coastal margin.
We’ve got a steady succession of south swells for the entire forecast period.
Sunday’s strengthening northerlies will be associated with a massive slow moving, multi-centered, gyre-scale Southern Ocean low pressure system.
We have several new pulses of south swell due over the coming 36 hours, courtesy of a vigorous front and low passing across Tasmanian longitudes.
We’ll actually see two swells build through Thursday and Friday from this system, following a fairly dramatic fall in surf size overnight Wednesday.
I’ve been discussing the possibility of a flat weekend since Monday, and unfortunately it looks like it’s going to come true for many beaches.
This should produce some really good surf across the open beaches but prior to the change conditions will be very wind affected.
Strengthening N/NE winds along the NSW coast on Thursday look like they’ll reach gale force strength by the afternoon, which should produce large surf at NE facing beaches by late in the day, especially south of Wollongong.