Windows for a clean surf look very limited this period, even in metro locations.
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Happenings in the upper atmosphere are now filtering down to the surface bringing a poor outlook of weather and surf.
We've got a large run of swell due this period but with tricky winds for the South West, better across the north at times.
The weekend will see easing surf with light winds, large and onshore most of next week.
A strong frontal system will bring large surf again tomorrow, with easing winds and improving surf from Friday.
We'll fall between swell generating fronts tomorrow with winds due to become variable as an XL groundswell fills in.
The coming period is tricky with an XL groundswell due but with less than ideal winds.
The coming period is mostly onshore, windy and raw, but there are a couple of windows to try and work.
Cold fronts and onshore winds dominate the period with a couple of windows to the north.
A slow moving complex low gyre is well to the south of WA with constant conveyor belt fetches reinforcing already active sea states and generating large swells for WA. A northwards sitting high is producing W’ly onshore ridging with the massive gyre. Pretty standard active winter pattern.