/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2014/05/30/mix-swells-south-then-north-east
thermalben
Friday, 30 May 2014

Sunday is shaping up to be quite interesting and I would recommend keeping a close eye on proceedings throughout the day as there’s a good chance we’ll see a few windows of opportunity.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2014/05/28/small-patchy-options-next-week-and-half
thermalben
Wednesday, 28 May 2014

No major changes for the rest of the week. Small residual swells are expected on Thursday with early offshore winds expected to swing moderate southerly in association with a shallow change. There won’t be any major swell increase from this system - just a possible small afternoon bump in windswell at best. 

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2014/05/26/steadily-easing-south-swell-all-week
thermalben
Monday, 26 May 2014

You’ll have to make the most of the current south swell as it’s a one way ticket to mediocrity this week.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2014/05/23/decent-weekend-surf-wind-and-weather
thermalben
Friday, 23 May 2014

Looking fun across the region this weekend with a nice combo of swells out of the southern and eastern quadrants.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2014/05/21/slowly-building-towards-large-kick
thermalben
Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Not a great deal of surf is expected on Thursday however we’ll start to see a small, slow increase in new southerly swell during the day generated by a broad but ultimately moderate-strength frontal progression south of Tasmania yesterday.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2014/05/19/small-flukey-swells-all-week-ahead-good
thermalben
Monday, 19 May 2014

Quite an interesting period ahead. We’ve got a multitude of active swell sources for the southern NSW coast, but they’re all located in the peripheries of our swell window. Which means flukey, inconsistent and unreliable swell prospects for the most part. Still, the weather's nice!

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2014/05/16/small-intermittent-south-swell-all-next
thermalben
Friday, 16 May 2014

Two small south swells are expected to be in the water on Monday. The primary swell will be related to some highly refracted energy originating from the intense low passing just south of Tasmania on Saturday.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2014/05/14/tiny-conditions-some-time
thermalben
Wednesday, 14 May 2014

The forecast notes will be nice and short for today, because the weather maps are devoid of anything interesting.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2014/05/12/extended-period-small-waves-southern-nsw
thermalben
Monday, 12 May 2014

If you pay close attention, you’ll notice an area with no wind barbs (white patches) upstream from the SE fetch. This is quite unusual - scatterometry is not affected by cloud cover - and suggests that there may be a broad area of drifting sea ice sitting well north from the Antarctica ice shelf

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2014/05/09/get-saturday-best-surf-period
thermalben
Friday, 9 May 2014

Plenty of fun waves are expected on Saturday. Today’s swell will continue to slowly abate in size but the morning should have good 2-3ft+ waves at beaches with some southerly exposure.