We have a powerful swell generating pattern in place with a deep low (993hPa) in the Tasman, supported by a large high (1033hPa) well to the south of the Bight.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2025/03/30/pumping-surf-week-becoming-more-user
freeride76
Monday, 31 March 2025
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2025/03/27/significant-l-xl-s-swell-now-the-radar
freeride76
Friday, 28 March 2025
We’re now looking at a very significant S swell early next week as a deep low sits off the South or Gippsland Coast with severe gales to storm force winds aimed into the proximate southern swell window. Concurrently, another Ross Sea ice shelf fetch will be peaking or just post-peak as a massive deep low forms NE of the Ross Sea on the weekend and develops storm force winds.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2025/03/26/plenty-potential-the-ne-tropical-trough
freeride76
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
It’s likely we will see remnants of the inland monsoon low approach the SEQLD/NSW Coast during the weekend, dragging a moist NE flow down from the tropics and creating a mini black nor-easter event.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2025/03/24/two-complex-unusual-swell-events-the
thermalben
Monday, 24 March 2025
This is a tricky, low confidence event so I’d be reluctant to pack the car overnight for a pre-dawn mission - but it’ll be well worth keeping an eye on things.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2025/03/21/not-much-the-weekend-some-flukey-s-swell
freeride76
Friday, 21 March 2025
Tues offers some potential with models picking up some long period S/SE groundswell generated by a slow moving polar low around the edge of the Antarctic ice shelf in the vicinity of the Ross Sea.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2025/03/19/average-period-ahead-the-long-terms
thermalben
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Both swell sources will ease slowly through Friday though early morning should still show a healthy percentage of Thursday’s size
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2025/03/17/easing-surf-tues-then-small-pulse-thurs
thermalben
Monday, 17 March 2025
The front responsible for today’s large southerly swell has already exited our swell window, so we’re looking at a steady drop in size from Tuesday onwards.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2025/03/14/easing-swells-weekend-spike-in-s-swell
freeride76
Friday, 14 March 2025
SW gales push through Bass Strait and off the Far South Coast Sun night and into Mon with the bulk of the frontal winds likely to extend up to Sydney in the hours before dawn.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2025/03/11/small-weak-blend-continues-and-over-the
freeride76
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
N’ly winds will increase over the weekend as a more significant trough and frontal system pushes into the Tasman next week, generating swells from the southern quadrant.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2025/03/10/small-mixed-bag-week-action-the-s-medium
freeride76
Monday, 10 March 2025
The whole synoptic pattern on the East Coast in the wake of Alfred is a moist onshore flow which looks to persist through into the mid week. A weak front races across the lower Tasman before reinforcing high pressure slips into the Tasman to reset the flow, albeit at a weaker level. Not a great deal of swell generated by any feature this week.
