Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Mon 13th Nov)

This week and next week (Nov13-Nov24)

Central QLD: Small fun tradewind swell slowly eases this week with more to come

Still some fun waves around over the weekend and today.

Quite an active synoptic situation to start the week. The continent is unstable with a heat trough over NWWA and more troughs extending from the interior  through to the East Coast.  In the tropical South Pacific an area of convection is currently organising and deepening into a tropical depression and potential TC east of the Solomon Islands. This depression or TC is expected to race through the swell window and send a small pulse of swell our way. Our long lasting small tradewind swell will peak tomorrow and then fade out as the fetch retreats North-eastwards.

Easing surf in the short term, becoming tiny Wed and into the rest of this week.

We may see a small pulse of E/SE swell on Sat to 2ft from the TC as it enters the swell window Thurs. 

Further ahead a strong blocking high brings a SE surge Sat which should see some small SE swell develop over the wekeend.

That swell then matures to another round of surfable trade-wind swell next week as a large wind field occupies the Coral Sea. 

Expect another persistent fun surf event next week.

Check back Wed and we’ll see how it’s shaping up.