Very weak pressure gradients everywhere as we continue to meander through this troughy, doldrums pattern with small, weak surf. Lots of action ahead next week.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/12/22/flukey-sources-continue-over-xmas-action
freeride76
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/12/20/small-flukey-swells-ahead-week-and-xmas
freeride76
Monday, 20 December 2021
Lots of wind changes and small, flukey swells ahead this week as a Spring looking pattern unfolds in the week leading up to Xmas.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/12/17/average-period-surf-therell-be-waves
thermalben
Friday, 17 December 2021
Freshening N/NE winds will deteriorate surface conditions through Saturday.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/12/15/small-spell-waves-ahead
thermalben
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
So, the weekend’s Tasman Low event - responsible for the last six days of swell - has become absorbed into a broad trough occupying the eastern half of the Tasman Sea.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/12/13/fun-week-beachbreaks-ahead
thermalben
Monday, 13 December 2021
The Tasman Low responsible for our three-day swell event began easing late Sunday so we’ll see a corresponding easing of surf size from now onwards.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/12/10/powerful-weekend-out-the-south-then
thermalben
Friday, 10 December 2021
The Tasman Low will maintain strength through Sunday, meaning Monday’s on target for strong S/SE surf
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/12/08/weekend-o-solid-south-swell-ahead
thermalben
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
Large S’ly swells will dominate the weekend as an impressive Tasman Low reaches a peak in strength on Saturday.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/12/06/patchy-outlook-the-next-few-days-windows
thermalben
Monday, 6 December 2021
A stalled trough off the coast is expected to muscle up through Thursday (see below), strengthening E/SE winds into the Far South Coast, before a Tasman Low forms along the trough line overnight Thursday, and drives southerly gales across all Southern NSW coast regions into Friday morning.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/12/03/junky-surf-weekend-some-very-juicy
freeride76
Friday, 3 December 2021
Strong high pressure moves E to be well south of the Bight by mid next week. An intrusion of cold air is expected to form an upper cold pool, leading to instability and the development of a surface low as the upper trough interacts with the Tasman trough, later Thurs or Fri. There’s a possibility this low may be an ECL or have characteristics similar to one, potentially including severe weather.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/12/01/small-grovel-surf-the-weekend-tracking
freeride76
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
High pressure is now drifting over New Zealand with multiple trough areas through the Tasman Sea, interior, and extending along the East Coast from the tropics down to temperate NSW. This is creating a moist, variable, onshore flow through the region with small surf.
