A gusty southerly change will extend along the Northern NSW coast overnight, and should reach SE Qld in the early hours of the morning. This is the precursor to an extended period of southerly swell for the entire region.
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Today's long period south swell performed marginally better than expected across most of the NSW coast. And based on what we saw across Southern NSW late this afternoon, we should see it continue into Northern NSW on Saturday morning.
The southerly swell of the last few days will steadily ease in size over the coming days.
We’ve essentially got one major swell system within the forecast period, and one minor swell system.
We should see this swell continue into Saturday much in the same vein as the last few days, but an easing trend is likely through Sunday.
Our recent south swell is disappearing across the region, and the east swell we’ve seen over the last couple of days will continue to motor along as-is.
Across SE Qld, although the south swell won't provide much size here, we’ll continue to see a small peaky trade swell thanks to a firm ridge through the Coral Sea.
So, Saturday will see two swells but the morning is likely to be smaller than the afternoon. In fact, Sunday is shaping up to deliver the biggest waves overall, as there’ll be a third, stronger swell source buidling across the region.
The overall trend for Thursday and Friday is for more south swell, albeit smaller in size than the last two days.
Let’s preface these forecast notes by stating up front that the entire working week still looks tiny for SE Qld. If you don’t have access to a reliable south swell magnet, you’re unlikely to get wet all week.