There's plenty of swell on the cards for the second half of next week.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/04/21/small-weekend-multiple-swell-sources
thermalben
Friday, 21 April 2017
/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.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/04/12/quality-swell-and-winds-entire-easter
thermalben
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
The Tasman Low has been restrengthening close to the SW tip of New Zealand’s South Island over the last 36 hours.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/04/10/three-simultaneous-sources-swell-sydney
thermalben
Monday, 10 April 2017
Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Monday 10th March)
Best Days: Thurs/Fri: solid swells from the SE plus a smaller NE swell Thurs, with offshore winds. Sat/Sun: rebuilding S'ly swells, plus a small long range E'ly swell. Mainly favourable winds. Mon: rapidly easing SE swell with a slowly easing E'ly swell, and offshore winds.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/04/07/excellent-long-range-outlook-southern
thermalben
Friday, 7 April 2017
Easter outlook is UNREAL regardless with good winds and a solid mix of S/SE swells plus a couple of E/NE swells from these cyclones and their surrounding features.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/04/05/quality-ese-swell-late-thursday-early
thermalben
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
The models every so slightly eaed back the stretch of the E’ly fetch out of Cook Strait, so the resulting E/SE swell for Thursday will be a little smaller and a little later in its arrival than was suggested on Monday.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/04/03/thursday-and-friday-pick-forecast-period
thermalben
Monday, 3 April 2017
Plenty of surf this week but tricky winds for the next few days.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2017/03/31/stacks-swell-southern-nsw-looking-best
thermalben
Friday, 31 March 2017
The second half of next week looks unreal.
