Very active pattern to start the week with a large high (1029hPa) moving E of Tasmania with a SE surge enhanced by a trough along the leading edge of the high, and active Monsoon Trough extending in to the Coral Sea and an approaching complex low well to the SW of Tasmania. Add in a long tradewind fetch in the South Pacific. All these features are potential sources of surf in the short to medium term.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/01/15/another-round
freeride76
Monday, 15 January 2024
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/01/12/plenty-surf
freeride76
Friday, 12 January 2024
A monsoon trough sits over Northern Australia terminating in the Coral Sea, with a strong high moving into the Tasman to start next week. The resulting SE surge up through the Tasman into the Coral Sea generates plenty of swell as the fetch spreads out across the Tasman.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/01/10/boost-in-e-swell
freeride76
Wednesday, 10 January 2024
The compact low near Tasmania is now skipping away to the SE with a large high SE of the South Island (1034 hPa) interacting with a broad low pressure trough in the South Pacific which will supply E’ly quadrant swell in the near term as the low pressure trough retrogrades back towards the east coast.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/01/08/fun-sized-ely
freeride76
Monday, 8 January 2024
Once the Tasmania low clears there picture we’ll see monsoonal activity develop through the South Pacific/Coral Sea, likely with a broad area of low pressure squeezing pressure gradients along a long fetch between the North Island and near Island chains and retrograding back towards the East coast through the second half of this week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/01/05/another-fun-round
freeride76
Friday, 5 January 2024
Surf-wise the fetch off the top of the high and a broad troughy area, holds another round of E’ly quadrant swell in the 2-3ft range, very similar to the last round. Quality will be wind affected but we should see light enough winds in the morning for glassy lightly wind affected surf.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/01/03/peelers-the
freeride76
Wednesday, 3 January 2024
Not a great deal of change since Mon with a slow moving, weakening high in the Tasman, and a coastal trough off the QLD Coast (responsible for hundreds of mm of rainfall) now moving away and dissipating. A trough moving north from a position east of Tasmania brings a renewal of the S’ly pattern into Fri before the summer pattern slowly resets over the weekend.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/01/01/workable-mediocre
freeride76
Monday, 1 January 2024
We’ve got a moderate strength high pressure cell (1025hPa) in the Tasman, connected to a high pressure belt under the continent, directing NE winds in Central/Southern NSW, more E-SE in the sub-tropics where a broad troughy area is directing a stronger onshore flow and whipping up local swells from that direction.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/29/outlook-looking
freeride76
Friday, 29 December 2023
No great change to the weekend f/cast. Just a small, weak mixed bag of leftover S swells and E swells to 1-2ft at best Sat, similar or smaller Sun.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/27/very-low-energy
freeride76
Wednesday, 27 December 2023
Elsewhere, it’s a bland pattern with a dormant Coral Sea. Cold fronts later this week and over the weekend will supply some minor S swell favouring NENSW S facing beaches.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/25/workable-waves
freeride76
Monday, 25 December 2023
For our sub-tropical region the main swell source will be a proximate N’ly fetch extending up to water adjacent to the CQ coast and holding a workable NE windswell.
