This fetch is enhanced by a pressure gradient squeeze with another strong high currently moving East in the Bight. Meanwhile, out in the South Pacific a sub-tropical low is deepening well E of the North Island with a well aimed fetch expected to be aimed at the sub-tropics generating a long range E’ly groundswell for the weekend.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/03/07/another-very
freeride76
Monday, 7 March 2022
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/03/04/heaps-more-swell
freeride76
Friday, 4 March 2022
That marks the emergence of another major system, as the remnants of the trough/low get re-energised by another upper disturbance being pushed Eastwards by a high in the bight.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/02/28/stacks-e-swell
freeride76
Monday, 28 February 2022
This is maintaining a deep E’ly flow, with coastal troughs and a surface low off the NSW North Coast, now moving South.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/02/25/la-niñ-goes-out
freeride76
Friday, 25 February 2022
The basic building blocks of the pattern are a strong high pressure belt cradling multiple low pressure systems in the Coral Sea and South Pacific- essentially creating a huge, multi-centred low pressure gyre through a vast area of ocean to our east.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/02/23/days-ely-swell
freeride76
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
This will be generated by the increasing winds in the deep E’ly wind field retrograding W towards the coast as a large area of tropical low pressure off the QLD coast starts to deepen and move S.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/02/21/lots-fun
freeride76
Monday, 21 February 2022
Trade flows across the South Coral and Northern Tasman Sea won’t be particularly strong this week but the broad scale coverage of winds and an uptick in wind strengths in more proximate areas of the fetch Tues/Wed will be enough to see a modest building trend into Thurs and Fri, albeit a bit underwhelming compared to model guidance on Fri.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/02/18/slow-weekend
thermalben
Friday, 18 February 2022
A weakening trough moving up the NSW coast will peter out across the Northern Rivers on Saturday morning.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/02/16/coupla-fun-days
thermalben
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Looks like broad brushstrokes can be used to outline the next few days
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/02/14/tropics-take
freeride76
Monday, 14 February 2022
Under the influence of the high pressure belt it’ll be a week of SE to E/SE’ly winds and a small blend of E’ly tradewind swell trains.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/02/11/multiple-swell
freeride76
Friday, 11 February 2022
The headline news is TC Dovi, which formed north-east of New Caledonia Wed a’noon and is moving SW at about 12 knots inside the Coral Sea. At 5am this morning TC Dovi was about 730 nautical miles E/NE of the Queensland border. That puts it in our swell window and although Dovi is currently Cat 3 it’s surf potential is limited by the compact fetch and expected increased speed of movement over the next 24 hrs.
