Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (issued on Wed 1st March)

This week and next week (Mar1-Mar10)

Central QLD: Not much surf ahead as TC Judy races away to the SE

Lots of action on the charts but not much of it will translate to meaningful surf for the CQ region. The tropics remains active with a monsoon trough and convective activity strewn across the Top End, while the edge of the trough in the South Pacific has spawned TC Judy, with another system behind it. Both of those systems are now modelled to track quickly SE through the swell window with no major swells generated.

TC Judy racing SE through the swell window

A slight increase in Tradewinds near New Caledonia Thurs/Fri shiuld see a slight bump in size Fri at exposed breaks with size up into the 2ft range and ESE winds.

A new high pressure ridge builds across the weekend with SE winds becoming established but the high quickly moves NE before any meaningful tradewind action can set up in the Coral Sea. That will see minor surf over the weekend in the 1ft range- possibly just surfable at exposed breaks on low rides.

Into next week and a large low approaches Tasmania, disrupting  the trade flow in the Coral Sea. Thus we’re expecting a week of tiny waves next week, possibly boosting a notch next Fri as ESE winds perk up a notch in the Coral Sea.

Barely worth working around so check back Fri for the latest.