The Long Wave Trough will move into the Tasman Sea over the weekend. Normally this would suggest a sustained round of solid south swell, but in this case I don’t like the particular angle of the upstream flank on its western side. More in the Forecaster Notes.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/11/04/average-period-ahead-southern-nsw
thermalben
Monday, 4 November 2019
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/11/01/plenty-ne-swell-weekend-patchy-outlook
thermalben
Friday, 1 November 2019
Over the last week the models have been toying around with a weak trough off the South Coast this weekend. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/10/30/building-energy-the-north-east
thermalben
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
The Southern Ocean is still directing southerly energy through the Tasman Sea but it’s all a little more off-axis than the swells that provided fun waves for the first half of this week. Anyway, NE windswells will become the dominant swell train over the coming days. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/10/28/patchy-conditions-though-plenty-swell
thermalben
Monday, 28 October 2019
Essentially, we’ve got a series of overlapping southerly swells on target for Southern NSW. And some NE swell at the end of the week. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/10/25/episodic-southerly-swells-dominate-next
thermalben
Friday, 25 October 2019
Sunday’s south swell will be related to a small fetch associated a much broader, more complex series of polar lows and fronts further south. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/10/23/flukey-swell-sources-galore
thermalben
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Another series of poorly aligned fronts are approaching the southern tip of New Zealand from the south-west, and although the swell they’re generating will be aimed into the eastern Tasman Sea and South Pacific, we’ll see a small spread back into Southern NSW. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/10/21/pulsey-southerly-swells-most-the-week
thermalben
Monday, 21 October 2019
The models really aren’t handling this current southerly swell, nor any of the upcoming energy due throughout the week. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/10/18/fun-round-small-pulsey-swells-ahead
thermalben
Friday, 18 October 2019
So, we’ve got a weekend of two halves. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/10/16/patchy-period-ahead-therell-be-ok-waves
thermalben
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
The weekend’s northern Tasman Low that set up camp off New Zealand’s north-west tip earlier this week didn’t quite perform as well as model guidance indicated on Monday. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2019/10/14/pockets-nice-waves-ahead
thermalben
Monday, 14 October 2019
A strong E/SE fetch will develop off the west coast of the North Island today, holding into tomorrow morning, and this will kick up a nice E’ly tending E/SE swell for Southern NSW. More in the Forecaster Notes.
