Elsewhere, it’s a bland pattern with a dormant Coral Sea. Cold fronts later this week and over the weekend will supply some minor S swell favouring NENSW S facing beaches.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/27/very-low-energy
freeride76
Wednesday, 27 December 2023
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/25/workable-waves
freeride76
Monday, 25 December 2023
For our sub-tropical region the main swell source will be a proximate N’ly fetch extending up to water adjacent to the CQ coast and holding a workable NE windswell.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/22/make-the-most
thermalben
Friday, 22 December 2023
An approaching inland trough will freshen northerlies about most coasts on Sunday, so make the most of Saturday.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/20/plenty-east-swell
thermalben
Wednesday, 20 December 2023
We’ve got building trade swells for the next few days, and a weakening synoptic pattern in the north, that will result in light variable winds and sea breezes in most northern areas.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/18/nice-run-pre-xmas
thermalben
Monday, 18 December 2023
I like the look of these weather charts.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/15/average-short
thermalben
Friday, 15 December 2023
Wednesday is where we’ll start to see a gradual increase in new trade swell from a broad easterly fetch developing from this weekend onwards.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/13/not-particularly
thermalben
Wednesday, 13 December 2023
The rest of the week looks very ordinary for SE Qld, mainly due to a freshening northerly flow.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/11/imminent-return
thermalben
Monday, 11 December 2023
We're now at the peak of the swell cycle from STC Jasper so it's a slow dowards trend for the rest of the week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/08/slow-moving-stc
freeride76
Friday, 8 December 2023
It’s slow (2-3kts) S/SW track between 158-156E is in the acute N/NE swell window- even though that part of the window tends to be flukey due to interference from reefs and it’s reliance on a perfect track to clear Fraser and the Breaksea Spit. That aids confidence in some steeply angled N/NE-NE groundswell from STC Jasper over the weekend.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2023/12/06/still-plenty-size
freeride76
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
TC Jasper has formed in water surrounding the Solomon Islands and is intensifying under favourable conditions. Most models now are suggesting a SW-W curvature as it enters the Coral Sea, with a smaller surf potential compared to Mondays notes as it crosses the coast instead of tracking through the Coral Sea.
