By and large, most breaks will see very small surf - or at the very least, extremely inconsistent conditions - but there’s certainly the potential for a handful of swell magnets to rake in the odd set. More in the Forecaster Notes.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/07/26/flukey-swell-o-rama-southern-nsw
thermalben
Friday, 26 July 2019
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/07/24/not-lot-love-southern-nsw
thermalben
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
A cold front pushed out from eastern Bass Strait overnight and is now progressing across the Tasman Sea. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/07/22/benign-week-waves-ahead-though-there-are
thermalben
Monday, 22 July 2019
There’s not a lot of favourable storm activity inside our swell windows this week. We do have a couple of small swell sources though. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/07/19/make-most-tomorrow
Craig
Friday, 19 July 2019
Easing S'ly swells with nothing of note in the medium-long term.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/07/17/couple-more-south-swells-then-quiet
Craig
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Two more decent pulses of southerly swell to come and then slow until later next week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/07/15/south-south-south
Craig
Monday, 15 July 2019
Back, to back, to back, to back southerly swells with generally favourable winds.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/07/12/lotsa-swell-out-south
thermalben
Friday, 12 July 2019
The models have shunted the next frontal sequence a little further to the west. As such, even though it’ll be much stronger, the primary fetch will be bisected by Tasmania (see chart below) and this has slightly tempered surf height and duration estimates. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/07/10/temporarily-small-surf-then-sizeable
thermalben
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
A stronger cold front will push into the lower Tasman Sea later Sunday, and a long fetch trailing behind will generate an extended period of large S’ly groundswell for Southern NSW. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/07/08/mix-swells-next-few-days-then-strong-out
thermalben
Monday, 8 July 2019
Our long run of E/NE swell - which kicked off last weekend - will slowly fade over the next few days, however the main feature on the forecast this week is an intense polar low that developed well SW of New Zealand over the weekend. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/07/05/easing-east-building-south
thermalben
Friday, 5 July 2019
We have a really nice S/SE groundswell on the way, generated by an intense polar low developing off the ice shelf SW of New Zealand over the weekend. More in the Forecaster Notes.
