A powerful Southern Ocean low south-west of Tasmania later this week will track through our acute south swell window over the following days, generating some impressive S’ly swell for our region that’ll arrive over a few stages. More in the Forecaster Notes.
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thermalben
Wednesday, 18 December 2019
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2019/12/16/plenty-south
thermalben
Monday, 16 December 2019
It’s important to distinguish between individual swell trains too. A short but robust fetch trailing today’s change is already generating S’ly windswells for Northern NSW, but S/SE swell from the parent low will arrive later tomorrow and should reach a peak in size early Wednesday. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2019/12/13/one-halfway
thermalben
Friday, 13 December 2019
The weekend looks pretty poor, but a better quality groundswell is expected mid-next week, generated by a nice low in the lower Tasman Sea on Monday. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2019/12/11/might-be-good
thermalben
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
With a low swell outlook it’s not really worth worrying about too much. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2019/12/09/flukey
thermalben
Monday, 9 December 2019
We’ve got a tricky week of local winds, which will have a major bearing on surf quality in a few regions. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2019/12/06/and-de-southerly
thermalben
Friday, 6 December 2019
The parent low to all of the fronts responsible for this week’s seemingly endless southerly swells is now moving out from beneath the Tasmanian swell shadow (see chart below), and will generate building S’ly swells into Sunday. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2019/12/04/more-southerly
thermalben
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
We’ve got a stack of south swell on the way for Northern NSW. But, I don’t think the models are handling the outlook well, and are undercalling wave heights, as they are today. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2019/12/02/long-run
thermalben
Monday, 2 December 2019
We have much more promising swell sources developing to the south, for Northern NSW anyway. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2019/11/29/plenty-swell
thermalben
Friday, 29 November 2019
Now, the dominant feature for next week is an amplifying node of the Long Wave Trough across South-eastern Australia from Sunday evening onwards. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2019/11/27/couple-windows
thermalben
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
The parent low to this morning’s S’ly change was quite strong, and has produced solid 4ft+ surf across Southern NSW today. This swell will push across Northern NSW overnight and then begin to steadily ease back, so you’ll need to make the most of the early session for the most size. More in the Forecaster Notes.
