A broad storm track well to the south of the continent is expected to maintain small long period south swell across Southern NSW for the next couple of days.
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We have three swell events on the cards.
The focus of the weekend is this developing Tasman Low.
New long period S’ly swell is still on track for later Tuesday and Wednesday. However, as discussed on Friday, confidence is low for this event.
However the largest size from this swell will be in the mid-period bands (14-16 seconds), located some 12-18 hours behind - which is expected to peak on Wednesday morning.
The developing low off the Central/Hunter coast today should see a modest E/SE infeed overnight before the low is whisked away to the east, outside of our swell window.
The synoptic charts remain ‘interesting’ per se, much as they did on Friday, but unfortunately there’s very little swell on the way.
No major changes to the weekend outlook. Small surf is expected across all beaches, though conditions should be clean with mainly offshore winds.
No major swells are expected for the rest of the working week, due to an absence of major weather systems in our swell windows in recent days.
With today’s south swell on the way out, we have to look towards fresh sources of new energy for the coming days. The outlook isn’t great, but there are some possibilities on the cards.