Tuesday looks potentially pretty good, all things considering the last couple of weeks.
Primary tabs
A trough crossing the coast into Monday - linked in with a broad mid-latitude low to the south - will swing winds to the west across the Mid North Coast.
More southerly swell is expected through Thursday, and winds will be light and variable early.
The weekend looks terrible.
Good S'ly groundswell pulse for tomorrow morning with offshore winds, easing during the day and bottoming out early Sunday. Average winds Sunday with building levels of S'ly swell into the afternoon/evening and peaking Monday morning with variable breezes.
Clean fading N/NE windswell tomorrow with some good new S'ly swell for Friday with offshore winds, a touch smaller Saturday. Renewal in S'ly swell Sunday but with poor conditions, better Monday.
Strong to gale force W/SW winds trailing the front into the Tasman Sea will then set up an unusual S’ly swell for Friday.
Today’s upwards trend out of the south is only the beginning.
The broad outlook is up throughout Thursday, down temporarily Friday morning, then up again strongly Friday afternoon across the Mid North Coast ahead of a large weekend of southerly swell in Northern NSW, with smaller conditions across SE Qld.
As for new swells throughout the forecast period - we have a very active progression of fronts across the SE corner of the country.