Lots of S quarter swell and wind from the same direction this weekend. With the trough extending out from the NSW South Coast towards the South Island, and a long fetch of S/SSE gales developing through the lower Tasman, there’ll be no shortage of size.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/11/24/lots-size-weekend-the-ssse-winds-the
freeride76
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/11/22/lots-short-period-energy-in-the-short
freeride76
Monday, 22 November 2021
Our current unstable, stormy pattern is being driven by a peanut-shaped high straddling Tasmania, and multiple troughs of low pressure, stretching from the interior of NSW, out to the Mid North Coast and South Pacific near New Zealand’s North Island.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/11/19/stormy-unstable-pattern-ahead-swell-and
freeride76
Friday, 19 November 2021
The pattern as we described it on Wed remains fundamentally the same, but the position of the moving parts has shifted so there’s some significant changes to the weekend f/cast.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/11/17/small-flukey-swells-ahead-unstable
freeride76
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Weak fronts are below the country and an inland low is tracking across from WA, tied to the continuing pattern of interior troughiness which is associated with a developing La Nina pattern. This pattern, which has been with us for most of the last few weeks, is expected to see continuing small, flukey swells into the medium term.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/11/15/few-solid-s-swell-pulses-ahead-windows
freeride76
Monday, 15 November 2021
A deep mid-latitude low with high pressure support in the Bight and multiple cold fronts has now moved E of Tasmania with W to SW gales pushing out of Bass Strait and a deeper SSW fetch pushing up from the Southern Ocean into the Tasman Sea. It’s a wintry looking system and it has a nice sting in the tail as a small troughy intensification slingshots up into the Tasman Sea through tomorrow, giving another longer period pulse S swell to add onto the main body of the swell.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/11/12/offshore-winds-some-small-fun-options
freeride76
Friday, 12 November 2021
Sunday gets a little upgrade, in energy at least. A coast hugging fetch of gales whips past the NSW South Coast overnight Sat, into the early hours of Sun, before the low moves away rapidly during the day.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/11/10/unstable-dynamic-pattern-flukey-swells
freeride76
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
The troughy pattern will see multiple wind changes through to the end of the week with some flukey swells on offer before the inland low enters the Tasman this weekend and supplies a slightly larger S swell.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/11/08/small-flukey-swells-lots-wind-changes
freeride76
Monday, 8 November 2021
Pressure gradients are weak across our main swell windows and through the region as an interior trough drifts NE and a weak, troughy area extends out into the Tasman sea, without creating much of a squeeze on a weak high pressure centre over New Zealand.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/11/05/waves-the-weekend-if-you-can-work-nly
freeride76
Friday, 5 November 2021
The fetch out of Cook Strait, extending up past Taranaki Peninsula and into the Tasman sea looked good on ASCAT (satellite windspeed) passes through Wed/Thurs, with areas of storm force winds embedded in a long fetch of severe gales to low end gales. With the buoys and observations already confirming the swell it’s only local winds we’ll be concerned with this weekend.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2021/11/03/well-angled-ese-swell-track-frisat-nly
freeride76
Wednesday, 3 November 2021
Current ASCAT (satellite wind speed) passes show areas of the fetch already at storm force strength as it develops in the areas mentioned above, leading to high confidence in the upcoming f/cast.
