The high cell is weak so we’re looking at a fairly uninspiring end to Summer, with some mid week NE windswell for Southern NSW and small background E swells for the sub-tropics. After that quiet spell extends into the start of Autumn a stronger frontal intrusion into the Tasman looks likely next week with some robust S swell accompanying it.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/02/26/surf-easing-back
freeride76
Monday, 26 February 2024
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/02/23/east-swells
freeride76
Friday, 23 February 2024
High pressure in the Bight with a trough moving up the coast and robust low (974hPa) moving under Tasmania sets the scene for the weekend.To the East the tradewind belt is contracting and weakening after a month of action.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/02/21/rinse-and-repeat
thermalben
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Make the most of Thursday, as we’ve got northerlies on the menu for Friday.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/02/19/more-fun-trade
thermalben
Monday, 19 February 2024
Our recent source of trade swell is expected to muscle up a little over the coming days.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/02/16/ely-swell-keeps
freeride76
Friday, 16 February 2024
High pressure belt remains strong with cells lined up to enter the Tasman. A monsoonal low in the Gulf of Carpenteria is generating a long cloud band down the east coast. A long, broad E’ly tradewind fetch extends from the Coral Sea into the South Pacific with the tail of the fetch in Tahitian longitudes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/02/14/e-swell-rebuilds
freeride76
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Multiple cells of reinforcing high pressure then one by one move into the Tasman, maintaining a weak ridge up the NSW Coast and a deep E’ly flow through the South Pacific and Eastern Coral Sea, with resulting E’ly swells favouring the sub-tropics for size, with a rebuild in size expected later this week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/02/12/plenty-ely-swell
freeride76
Monday, 12 February 2024
E’ly tradewind swell and plenty of it this week, with quality an issue in the short run.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/02/09/extended-run
freeride76
Friday, 9 February 2024
The E’ly-SE’ly fetch gets reinforced later Sat by a new high pressure ridge squeezing up against a tropical low hovering NW of New Caledonia so we should see surf start to build again through Sun, again, tidally affected by the big new moon tidal amplitudes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/02/07/days-and-days
thermalben
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
The surf outlook for SE Qld and Northern NSW is relatively straightforward, all thanks to an anchored ridge across the Northern Tasman Sea.
/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/02/05/extended-trade
freeride76
Monday, 5 February 2024
A semi-stationary area of low pressure in the Coral Sea is anchoring a broad trade-wind flow with an extended tradeswell event ahead.
