Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Mon 1st Jan)

This week and next week (Jan1 -Jan12)

Central QLD: Nothing significant ahead, some marginal improvement possible

Tiny/flat surf across the region with some small, just rideable days possible next week.

We’ve got a moderate strength high pressure cell (1025hPa) in the Tasman, connected to a high pressure belt under the continent, directing NE winds in Central/Southern NSW, more E-SE in the sub-tropics where a broad troughy area is directing a stronger onshore flow and whipping up local swells from that direction. 

The high in the Tasman sets up some sort of trade flow in the Coral Sea later this week and into the next. It’s not much of a fetch, mostly weak, disjointed and located at the extremity of the Coral Sea (close to New Caledonia) but it should be enough too see some just rideable surf for late this week - Fri should be 1-1.5ft or so and into next week.

Still a very weak tradeflow in the Coral Sea, but some small surf expected

We’re looking at a weak swell with ups and downs in the 1ft range next week, just surfable on favourable tides on the right equipment.

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