We’ve shifted from a scenario on Wednesday where TC Donna was expected to remain completely outside of our swell window (Wednesday night's model run) due to the swell shadow afforded by New Caledonia, to a situation where it's now a possible swell generator for many parts of the East Coast (Friday morning's run).
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/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/05/05/small-weekend-south-swell-strong-sly
thermalben
Friday, 5 May 2017
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/05/03/plenty-swell-ahead-solid-early-mid-next
thermalben
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Light variable winds are expected on Friday so this is certainly the pick of the short term forecast period.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/05/01/small-south-swells-ahead-next-week-looks
thermalben
Monday, 1 May 2017
Late Wednesday and into Thursday, we’ll see slightly longer period S’ly swell push along the Southern NSW coast.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/04/28/smallish-south-swell-weekend-next-round
thermalben
Friday, 28 April 2017
Anyway, because of this rapid easing trend, I have slightly pegged back my expectations for Saturday’s surf.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/04/26/busy-period-southerly-swell-ahead
thermalben
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
A series of fronts will dominate the entire forecast period, and thus we’re looking at an extended period of south swell for Southern NSW.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/04/24/fun-east-swell-then-back-back-south
thermalben
Monday, 24 April 2017
Looks like the low generating our inbound E/NE swell for the coming days sped up a little over the weekend.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/04/21/small-weekend-multiple-swell-sources
thermalben
Friday, 21 April 2017
There's plenty of swell on the cards for the second half of next week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/04/19/small-easing-ely-swells-ahoy
thermalben
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
A deepening surface trough south of Fiji on Friday is expected to form a nice easterly dip over the weekend. At the moment it’s expected to slowly consolidate into a decent swell producing system by Sunday or Monday, however by this time it’ll start to push close to the swell shadow of New Zealand’s North Island.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/04/17/gradually-easing-ely-swell-across
thermalben
Monday, 17 April 2017
Our current long range E’ly swell is expected to continue motoring along into Tuesday, though a gradual easing will probably occur into the afternoon.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/04/14/fun-beachies-southern-nsw-far-eye-can
thermalben
Friday, 14 April 2017
The three-way merger in the southern Tasman Sea isn’t doing anything interesting from a synoptic perspective so the resulting southerly groundswell for the weekend won’t be anything amazing.
