With wave heights expected to reach a brief peak overnight under the cover of darkness, Tuesday morning should still see slightly larger surf than what we’ve seen today.
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Today’s easing trade swell will continue its downwards trend into the weekend, but winds will swing W/NW across northern regions and W/SW across southern regions, resulting in clean beachbreaks.
The next few days look a little suss with E/NE winds tending NE then eventually N’ly, freshening all the while.
There’s been some interesting upgrades in the model guidance for this Far North Coast low over the last few days.
There’s not a great deal of size or strength expected for the weekend, though Saturday will offer the best surf of the next few days
The trades across the Southern Coral Sea reached a maximum today so we’re looking at a peak in size on Thursday, before wave heights slowly ease into Friday.
Today’s southerly swell is now reaching a peak across Northern NSW, and the general trend will be downwards through the middle of the week.
Light winds are expected into Saturday but we’re looking at an easing trend out of the SE across all coasts.
It’s hard to be confident in the short term outlook when the NSW buoys are showing such a wide variety of trends.
The second half of the week looks much better for all and sundry.