As the low moves offshore Fri odds are firming we’ll see a major S swell develop as gales develop on the western flank of the low, proximate to the NSW coast.
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freeride76
Friday, 19 April 2024
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freeride76
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Plenty of action in the tropics and subtropics next week but we’ll see a quiet opening to the week for temperate NSW, with some model divergence for later next week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2024/04/15/nice-swell-combo-ahead-the-east-and
thermalben
Monday, 15 April 2024
Late afternoon, the leading edge of a new long period S’ly swell will make landfall, though we’re not expecting wave heights to peak until...
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2024/04/11/full-spectrum-autumn-pattern-provides
freeride76
Friday, 12 April 2024
We’ve still got an intense Tasman low in the picture sending plenty of swell our way, located now off the west coast of the South Island, with a large slow moving high SW of WA and powerful fronts under the SE of the continent.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2024/04/09/plenty-swell-the-southern-quadrant-and
freeride76
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
There’s currently a robust Tasman low, still intensifying, moving slowly SE off the Central NSW coast down into the Tasman Sea towards New Zealand. Gales to severe gales wrapping the SW flank of the low will supply plenty of strong, improving S’ly-SE'ly swell through the rest of the week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2024/04/08/windy-week-low-spins-sydney-plenty-swell
freeride76
Monday, 8 April 2024
That’s allowing plenty of space for low pressure development in the Tasman and as a front pushes through and combines with the remnants of a trough we’ll see a robust low develop through tomorrow, with gales expected close to the coast.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2024/04/04/improving-conditions-weekend-coastal
freeride76
Friday, 5 April 2024
The moist onshore flow from this set-up is flowing into a coastal trough and interior low bringing onshore winds and rain. We’ll eventually see the low clear the coast bringing better winds Sun with some strong S swell pulses on the menu from Sun and into next week from Tasman Sea and deeper sources.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2024/04/03/poor-end-the-week-large-and-improving
Craig
Wednesday, 3 April 2024
Onshore winds will strengthen over the coming days, feeding into a deepening trough. The swell will peak on the weekend as conditions slowly improve.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2024/03/31/looking-juicy-weekend-low-tracks-down
freeride76
Monday, 1 April 2024
A complex inland trough low tied to tropical sources exits the coast as a strong high moves into the Bight. Following that a coastal trough in the Northern Tasman then deepens, likely into a surface low which may drift southwards bringing strong E swells to the entire region, possibly followed by a return S swell as the low gets captured by an approaching front.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2024/03/28/small-and-clean-easter-more-dynamic
freeride76
Friday, 29 March 2024
From Wed onwards we’ll see a much more dynamic pattern in the Tasman. The inland low will exit near the Gippsland coast and conjoin with a front as a major new high pushes in behind from the Bight.
