Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Fri 28th July)

This week and next week (Aug1-Aug 11 )

Central QLD: Another round of really fun waves this week

Tiny waves, hanging in at a just surfable level across exposed Burnett breaks. 

We’ve got a classic winter, stratified pattern with a high pressure belt over the continent, extending out into the Tasman Sea and a robust W’ly storm track below the maritime continent. We’ll see frontal intrusion into the Tasman early this week, with a small front passing into the Tasman today and a stronger system following behind it tomorrow- generating more pulses of S swell mid week. Once the dominant high enters the Tasman on Wed we’ll see a SE’ly to E'ly tradewind pattern start to establish through the Coral Sea, more typical of Summer, likely extending into the weekend with plenty of workable tradewind swell associated with it.

Quite a straightforwards pattern for the week. By Wednesday we’ll see increasing SE winds as the high pressure ridges strongly up the coast, with an increase in SE swell to 2ft.

Tradewind swell then fills in Thurs in the 2-3ft range, extending at roughly similar sizes through Fri and into the weekend.

We’ll see an easing trend late in the weekend and into next week as tradewinds break down again.

Check back Wed for the latest.