As for size, we need to be a little careful with our expectations, because today has shown that these kinds of long period events can be steered efficiently into some locations, but less efficiently into others. More in the Forecaster Notes.
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thermalben
Friday, 14 February 2020
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2020/02/12/strong-cyclone-swell-southern-nsw
thermalben
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
TC Uesi is a great looking system, and we’re going to see some excellent waves over the coming days. Where, when and how much? More in the Forecaster Notes. Oh, and there's a strong SE groundswell due next week too!
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2020/02/10/great-week-waves-ahead-sizeable-weekend
thermalben
Monday, 10 February 2020
There’s a couple of things I really like about TC Uesi, but a few things I don’t. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2020/02/07/todays-forecast-brought-you-the-letters
thermalben
Friday, 7 February 2020
We’re looking at small lows developing along the trough line - one of which may evolve into an ECL - and these will display much stronger winds, and thus will generate larger waves heights across narrow regions. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2020/02/05/waves-waves-waves-wind-wind-wind
thermalben
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
The complex trough developing along the coast will influence the entire East Coast, the scale of which is certainly not a regular occurrence. And the general swell trend is pretty straightforward: up, up and then up some more. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2020/02/03/first-major-swell-event-the-year
thermalben
Monday, 3 February 2020
It’s very difficult to have any kind of specific confidence in the surf outlook for the weekend... there’s a lot of variability in the wind outlook. But what I am confident in is that we’ll see steadily building E’ly swells. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2020/01/31/lots-options-pick-n-choose
thermalben
Friday, 31 January 2020
We’ve got stacks of surf on tap for this weekend. But only one window of opportunity. And later next week looks juicy! More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2020/01/29/one-good-morning-in-the-short-term-then
thermalben
Wednesday, 29 January 2020
There are much more interesting swell sources on the boil for next week - it appears to be a slow moving, if not stationary synoptic pattern which means a lengthy swell event of some description. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2020/01/27/long-term-outlook-shaping-nicely
thermalben
Monday, 27 January 2020
There’s nothing special expected in the surf department this week. Next week looks much more interesting though. More in the Forecaster Notes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2020/01/24/lots-swell-sources-the-boil
thermalben
Friday, 24 January 2020
Plenty of peaky waves in the short term, whilst long term swell prospects are to our (distant) east north-east, and then north-east. More in the Forecaster Notes.
