Once the tradewind flow sets up early next week as the blocking high enters the Tasman we should start to see an increase in tradewind swell, likely by Tues at the latest.
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freeride76
Friday, 3 November 2023
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/10/30/tiny-swells-over-the-weekend-some-small-ely
freeride76
Monday, 30 October 2023
As the strong high moves E of Tasmania on Sun we'll see tradewinds start to build across the Coral Sea.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/10/27/small-round-surf-weekend
freeride76
Friday, 27 October 2023
This swell energy isn’t well aimed for for CQ but the developing surface low is still strong enough to send swell north of Fraser Island.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/10/23/small-surfable-weekend
freeride76
Monday, 23 October 2023
The expected strong SE surge is captured by a trough and deepens into a surface low on Fri with small SE swell expected for the weekend in the 2ft range under fresh/strong S/SE winds.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/10/20/small-over-the-weekend-hope-the-horizon-0
freeride76
Friday, 20 October 2023
Much better odds for surf as a strong SE surge builds up the coast Fri, with a broad SE fetch in the Coral Sea over next weekend and into early next week. That should see rideable surf develop Fri and hold in the fun-sized range into the weekend and potentially early week after.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/10/20/small-over-the-weekend-hope-the-horizon
freeride76
Friday, 20 October 2023
Much better odds for surf as a strong SE surge builds up the coast Fri, with a broad SE fetch in the Coral Sea over next weekend and into early next week. That should see rideable surf develop Fri and hold in the fun-sized range into the weekend and potentially early week after.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/10/18/just-rideable-surf-easing-quickly-the-weekend
freeride76
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
The synoptic set-up looks quite unseasonal at the moment with a 1031 hPa high drifting over NSW and a 1007 hPa low slow moving in the Tasman west of the North Island. The SE surge from this high has generated some small, scrappy surf. Get in quickly for this swell, we’ll see some more small surf tomorrow then easing swells for Fri and back to flat for the weekend.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/10/16/same-outlook-tiny
freeride76
Monday, 16 October 2023
A strong front and embedded trough of low pressure are currently located just off the Gippsland Coast, expected to move NE into the Tasman and driving a strong/ near gale force S’ly flow up the NSW Coast today, reaching the QLD in the wee hours of Tuesday. We may see a small increase in SE swell as the S-SE surge reaches CQ coastline on later Tues. Nothing major, but we may see surf bump up a touch into the 1-1.5ft range Tues a’noon, holding at that size or 1-2ft Wed.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/10/11/nothing-much-the-radar
freeride76
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Weak winds in the Coral Sea and approaching fronts have shut down swell productions for CQ. As a result we're looking at tiny/flat surf over the weekend with onshore winds. This continues into early next week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/09/29/keep-the-boards-handy-another-round-small-fun
freeride76
Friday, 29 September 2023
Mon should be the low point, possibly running into Tues before we see a modest rebuild in new E’ly tradewind swell as tradewinds reestablish across the South and Eastern Coral Seas.
