Small swells and northerly winds will create problems on Saturday. And we have a strong, short lived S'ly swell on the way plus a stack of E'ly swell. More in the Forecaster Notes.
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The source of today’s E/SE swell in the north sits between a trough in the southern Coral Sea, and a Tasman high pressure system. More in the Forecaster Notes.
We've got a very good period of waves ahead beginning next week. More in the Forecaster Notes.
The extended period looks very good for most regions. More in the Forecaster Notes.
There’s plenty of surf in store for the longer term period. More in the Forecaster Notes.
This week’s synoptic pattern is essentially a regional block, whereby there’s very little movement in the local weather systems from day to day and therefore no major change in local winds and weather either.
As a side note, if you are in the water and you hear thunder, don’t hang around - lightning can travel tens of kilometres from the source region and the water is a pretty dangerous place to be at these times.
On Friday, a tropical system is expected to begin slowly deepening south from Tonga, before driving south through our distant east swell window. More in the Forecaster Notes.
There’s a lot of interesting features on the long term charts.
There’s not a whole lot of excitement on the forecast charts. But there will be waves if you’re keen.