A broad windfield in the Coral Sea is maintaining fun waves and this pattern will extend over the weekend.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2024/05/10/rideable-waves-over-the-weekend-more-later
freeride76
Friday, 10 May 2024
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2024/05/08/rideable-waves-every-day-week-more-next-week
freeride76
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
The resulting high pressure ridge is leading to deep onshore flows and a constant steady state fetch in the Coral Sea which is producing fun waves across CQ this week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2024/05/06/surf-pattern-persists-due-strong-high
freeride76
Monday, 6 May 2024
As the SE surge takes hold we’ll see a further increase in swell, possibly not until Wed now with fun surf extending right into the weekend.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2024/05/03/lots-more-surf-ahead
freeride76
Friday, 3 May 2024
The high becomes even more slow moving as it approaches Tasmania so we’re looking at S-SE flow over the weekend. And with winds in the Coral Sea, plenty of E/SE swell.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2024/05/01/se-surge-brings-more-swell-weekend
freeride76
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
Into next week and we’ll see more of the same as another surge fills the Coral Sea early next week, holding or even rebuilding wave heights from Tues.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2024/04/29/fun-and-rideable-every-day-boosted-little-mid
freeride76
Monday, 29 April 2024
By Wed we’ll see a fresh SE surge build and that will see wave heights come up a notch Thurs into the weekend as SE winds fill the Coral Sea.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2024/04/26/tiny-and-surfable-over-the-weekend-rideable
freeride76
Friday, 26 April 2024
Small E/SE swell holds early next week- generated by winds in the Coral Sea and the slot between New Caledonia and the North Island and offering up fun, rideable waves on low tides.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2024/04/24/small-just-rideable-coming-back-next-week
freeride76
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
A monster high (1037hPa) moves into the Bight tomorrow and slowly weakens as it enters the Tasman on the weekend, bringing SE winds into the Coral Sea and holding a small signal of SE-E/SE swell that will hold just rideable surf.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2024/04/22/plenty-surf-easing-slowly-tomorrow
freeride76
Monday, 22 April 2024
Smaller surf than indicated on Fri due to the structure, strength and positioning of the Coral Sea low.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2024/04/19/pumping-surf-developing-over-the-weekend
freeride76
Friday, 19 April 2024
By Mon morning we should have a complex trough of low pressure NE of K’gari (Fraser Is) with a well developed fetch of strong SE winds feeding into the low and extending well out into the Coral Sea.
