Good news we’re then expecting a solid rebuild in wave heights as the high sets up a strong SE trade flow through the Eastern Coral Sea, with gradients squeezed by a southwards moving broad tropical depression.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/09/11/se-surge-already-delivering-lots-more-surf
freeride76
Monday, 11 September 2023
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/09/08/fun-surf-the-weekend-se-surge-next-week-set
freeride76
Friday, 8 September 2023
Into next week and a fresh, strong high generates a SE surge through Mon that should seed a fresh round of fun surf for CQ.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/09/04/tradewinds-bring-surf-pattern-thurs
freeride76
Monday, 4 September 2023
By mid week we’ll start to see an E’ly flow develop through the Coral Sea, with the fetch extending into more southern Coral Sea water through Fri.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/09/01/tiny-over-the-weekend-and-next-week-surf
freeride76
Friday, 1 September 2023
We do have a promising outlook though for mid/late next week as another high in the Tasman, and strong high in the South Pacific set up a long tradewind flow in the South Pacific and a shorter, proximate tradewind flow in the Central Coral Sea.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/30/easing-swells-the-weekend
freeride76
Wednesday, 30 August 2023
The troughy pattern is about to disrupt the tradewind flow in the Coral Sea, with a South Pacific trough moving south very quickly as it forms up tomorrow. The net result will be easing surf for CQ through tomorrow, likely tiny/flat by Fri and into the weekend.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/28/little-small-rideable-the-right-tide
freeride76
Monday, 28 August 2023
The tradewind fetch is a little weaker than forecast but we’ll still see a reasonable ridge up the QLD coast and some fun waves over the next few days.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/25/fun-surf-pattern-extends-next-week
freeride76
Friday, 25 August 2023
We’ve got tradewinds now established in the Central Coral Sea and the development of small, fun surf across CQ.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/23/rideable-waves-building-the-weekend
freeride76
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Next week now looks juicier with the tradewind flow strengthening and extending southwards, which will see surf build to 2-3ft through Mon, and extend into the middle of next week at similar size.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/21/rideable-waves-in-sight-possibly-extending
freeride76
Monday, 21 August 2023
We’re now seeing a high pressure surge with building tradewinds across the Coral Sea. The fetch is a little disjointed, which does tap a bit off the size but we’ll still see some rideable 1-2ft surf develop through Tues/Wed.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/18/end-flat-spell-in-sight-some-fun-waves-mid
freeride76
Friday, 18 August 2023
We should see an end to the flat spell by Tues next week, with a high pressure ridge building up the QLD coast and Tradewinds forming a broad fetch through the Southern/Central Coral Sea.
