We’ve got a mobile pattern this week with high pressure over NSW slipping out into the Tasman, rebuilding the tradewind fetch in the Coral Sea and maintaining really fun surf across CQ.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/07/17/great-mid-winter-run-surf-continues-until-mid
freeride76
Monday, 17 July 2023
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/07/14/really-fun-surf-continues-next-week
freeride76
Friday, 14 July 2023
The blocking high has established quite a healthy trade flow through the Northern down to Central Coral Sea and extending out to New Caledonia. Current ASCAT (satellite windspeed) passes show a broad coverage of 20kt+ winds through this zone with CQ observations confirming 2-3ft surf.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/07/12/extended-period-fun-surf-ahead
freeride76
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
The high pressure cell develops a healthy trade-wind flow through the Coral Sea into this weekend, generating fun waves from the E/SE from Thurs. It’s quite a persistent pattern, breaking down mid next week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/07/10/few-small-waves-building-thurs-more-action
freeride76
Monday, 10 July 2023
Tiny/flat surf look to build from Thurs as a new high pressure ridge builds up the QLD Coast. The high moves into the Tasman at roughly sub-tropical latitudes, with a reasonable ridge up the QLD Coast and some small, peaky swell developing likely into the 1-2ft range through Thurs.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/07/05/tinyflat-surf-another-round-fun-waves-mid
freeride76
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
Still looking promising from mid next week as high pressure moves into the Tasman at a N'ly latitude and a SE surge builds up the QLD Coast.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/06/28/cq-will-see-some-surf-develop-sunmon
freeride76
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
We still may see a trough/low develop off the Central QLD Coast and drift South, bringing building E/NE swells possibly Mon-Tues before the systems gets captured in the W’ly flow.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/06/23/flattiny-surf-potential next-week
freeride76
Friday, 23 June 2023
We’ll see some small background surf over the weekend and into next week from a trough and low in the South Pacific but only for exposed locations and only small, inconsistent 1-2ft surf tops.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/06/19/mostly-flat-just-tiny-wave-super-exposed
freeride76
Monday, 19 June 2023
None of these features generate swell for CQ, so we're looking at a typical winter flat spell.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/06/14/tinyflat-small-background-surf-later-next
freeride76
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Tradewinds are dissipating in the Coral Sea with surf becoming tiny/flat into the weekend and most of next week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/06/07/just-few-small-waves-around-weekend
freeride76
Wednesday, 7 June 2023
The weakening high is seeing a slow easing and contraction to the North of the tradewind fetch in the Coral Sea which has been supplying CQ with fun wave since the weekend.
