Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Fri Oct 27th)

This weekend and next week (Oct 27-Nov3)

Central QLD: Small round of surf from this weekend

Just some tiny waves today on low tide.

We’ve still got the building blocks in place for large swells across most of the Eastern Seaboard, with a large high , powerful frontal system, and deepening trough (still expected to form a broad surface low) in the Northern Tasman currently in play. This swell energy isn’t well aimed for for CQ but the developing surface low is still strong enough to send swell north of Fraser Island.

The evolution of the surface low in the sub-tropics is complicated and running a little behind schedule, but as we suggested on Wed we’ll see the remnants of severe TC Lola drift into and become absorbed into the large low centre over the weekend as it approaches the North Island. 

Expect 2ft surf to develop over the weekend with some 3ft sets at the most open Burnett Coast spots under mod/fresh SE winds. This swell slowly eases through Mon.

Surf then eases back to tiny from Tues. We may see another tradewind burst late next week which could generate some rideable surf into the first week of Nov.

We’ll see how that looks on Mon.

Seeya then and have a great weekend!