Tradewinds have been active through the Coral Sea, anchored by a small E’ly dip SW of New Caledonia. With the tradewinds fully established we are seeing a fully developed sea state through the Central/Southern Coral Sea which will keep fun waves chugging along through this week.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/03/20/ fun-waves-keep-coming-active-coral-sea
freeride76
Monday, 20 March 2023
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/03/17/extended-run-fun-surf-ahead
freeride76
Friday, 17 March 2023
Also on the radar next week we’ll be watching a low pressure system in the Coral Sea which has been lingering for days as a diffuse system. There looks to be more organisation later next week, possibly with a S-SE recurvature if the system intensifies into a tropical cyclone.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/03/10/flat-spell-ahead
freeride76
Friday, 10 March 2023
Weak high pressure and a monsoon trough across the Top End linked to a monsoon low in the Gulf are leading to very light winds across the Coral Sea and tiny/flat surf.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/03/08/ surf-becoming-tiny-the-weekend
freeride76
Wednesday, 8 March 2023
Expect tiny surf to continue over the weekend and into early next week as a trough off NSW disrupts the tradewind flow from a new high drifting into the Tasman.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/03/06/few-small-windows-ahead-better-outlook-next
freeride76
Monday, 6 March 2023
Across the Coral Sea we’ll see a slight increase in tradewinds around a broad E’ly dip near New Caledonia which will perk wave heights up through Wed into the 1-2ft range, albeit with N’ly winds.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/03/03/easing-surf-ahead-tcs-judy-and-kevin-races
freeride76
Friday, 3 March 2023
A weak ridge from a high (1023hPa) tracking towards Tasmania supplies light winds tomorrow while TC Judy and Kevin both race away to the SE, supplying very little surf to the region.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/03/01/not-much-surf-ahead-tc-judy-races-away-the-se
freeride76
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
The tropics remains active with a monsoon trough and convective activity strewn across the Top End, while the edge of the trough in the South Pacific has spawned TC Judy, with another system behind it. Both of those systems are now modelled to track quickly SE through the swell window with no major swells generated.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/02/27/downgraded-surf-outlook-depressions-race-away
freeride76
Monday, 27 February 2023
The troughy pattern will see a weakening trade flow in the Coral Sea this week and while all eyes are on the tropics it’s looking like a continuing tease with an expected tropical depression or TC moving quite quickly SE through the swell window with limited surf potential.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/02/24/ active-surf-period-extends-next-week
freeride76
Friday, 24 February 2023
No great changes to the weekend f/cast. High pressure is now moving SE towards the tip of the South Island, maintaining a SE-ESE trade flow in the Coral Sea. Tradewinds are being enhanced by an active monsoon trough extending from the Arafura Sea into the Coral Sea.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/02/22/ fun-small-waves-all-week
freeride76
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Strong high pressure (1035 hPa) is now moving SE of Tasmania with an embedded trough along the advancing ridge ramping up wind speeds from the SSE-SE into the 20kts+ range. Conditions should settle as the high moves into the Tasman and weakens and the ridge relaxes through the end of the week. The high is augmenting an existing SE-ESE tradewind fetch through the Northern Tasman and Coral Seas and maintaining small E-SE swell.
