The Coral Sea has become inflamed with SE-ESE Tradewinds, enhanced by a trough off the CQ Coast and a developing low near New Caledonia. Through the weekend, short range ESE swell from the tradewind fetch will supply the dominant swell trains, especially in SEQLD.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/05/20/endless-se
freeride76
Friday, 20 May 2022
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/05/18/mixed-bag-s-and-e
freeride76
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
We’re going to see multiple overlapping pulses of S swell over the coming days as fronts slingshot around the parent low on an active sea state, with the biggest surf coming with some dodgy winds as the high pressure ridge sets up. Following that an active tradewind pattern in the Coral Sea supplies another round of E swell.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/05/16/interlude-s-swell
freeride76
Monday, 16 May 2022
Stronger fronts push up into the Tasman from later Wed, bringing a S'ly flow and bigger S swell as we head to the end of the week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/05/13/large-storm-surf
freeride76
Friday, 13 May 2022
The fetch of deep E to E/NE winds in the Coral and Northern Tasman Sea is contracting northwards around a surface low off the CQ/Fraser coast, and expected to fizzle out over the weekend. At present gales are retrograding towards the QLD, generating large swells.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/05/11/large-unruly-surf
freeride76
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
A long interior trough and developing trough/low off the North QLD coast are tightening the pressure gradient along most of the ridge, bringing fresh onshore winds and a deep E’ly pattern to the majority of Tasman Sea and Central/Southern Coral Sea.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/05/09/xl-stormsurf
freeride76
Monday, 9 May 2022
Further north an interior upper trough and potential coastal trough/surface low will combine to drive an intense E/NE to NE wind flow through the Coral and Northern Tasman Sea, generating a large stormsurf by Fri.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/05/06/fun-waves-over
freeride76
Friday, 6 May 2022
GFS has the more bullish outlook, with a trough or potential surface low forming off the Fraser Coast and tracking south through Fri13th- energising a long E to NE fetch through the Central Tasman to Coral Sea. In effect, it’s a slightly less energised version of the June 2016 Black Nor-Easter set-up.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/05/04/plenty-waves
thermalben
Wednesday, 4 May 2022
We’ve got more of the same for the next few days. Next week though...
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/05/02/great-autumn-week
freeride76
Monday, 2 May 2022
High pressure is sitting over the interior of Central NSW, leading to SE wind conditions, with a trade flow in the South Pacific supplying a steady drumbeat of fun, mid-sized E’ly swell.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2022/04/29/sunday-monday
thermalben
Friday, 29 April 2022
The broad trade pattern supplying the weekend’s swell source will become enhanced over the coming days as a tropical low between New Caledonia and Fiji this weekend squeezes the synoptic flow.
