Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (issued on Wed 25th Jan)

This week and next week (Jan25-Feb3)

Central QLD: Tiny surf extending into the weekend and next week

Not much on offer with surf retreating back to tiny levels.

The synoptic pattern over and surrounding Australia still has a strong La Niña signature with troughy low pressure areas in the Tasman Sea and an active monsoon trough across Northern Australia. High pressure on the other side of New Zealand is cradling areas of low pressure aimed at NSW and SEQLD with the Coral Sea adjacent to the CQ swell window offering up very weak pressure gradients and swell generating winds.

Very weak winds in Coral Sea=tiny surf

Minus any swell generating winds we’re looking at tiny surf through the rest of the week- possibly just building to knee high on Sat with a slight increase in tradewinds but nothing worth driving for.

Tiny surf extends into next week but by the middle of next week we should start to see some more action in the Coral Sea, potentially seeing rideable surf develop through the end of next week- first week in Feb.

This is a long way out and things change so check back in Fri and we’ll see how it’s shaping up.