Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Fri 16th Feb)

This weekend and next week (Feb16 -Feb23)

Central QLD: Plenty of small but surfable days ahead

Small but fun waves every day on the right tides.

Small but fun on the right tide

High pressure belt remains strong with cells lined up to enter the Tasman. A monsoonal low in the Gulf of Carpenteria is generating a long cloud band down the east coast. A long, broad E’ly tradewind fetch extends from the Coral Sea into the South Pacific with the tail of the fetch in Tahitian longitudes. 

No great change to the weekend f/cast, fun waves to 2ft Sat, back a notch into Sun.

E’ly winds continue into next week, through this period and in fact most of next week we’ll continue to see  pulsey E’ly swells coming off the deep E’ly fetch. A tropical low in Samoan longitudes drifts SE and is not a significant swell source.There will be ups and downs in size as the fetch fluctuates but 1-2occ. bigger sets look likely through the first half of next week. 

We may see some larger embedded pulses as a tropical low drifts southwards through the South Pacific slot next week but models are divergent over the strength of that low so we’ll pencil in the possibility of larger 4ft surf Thurs/Fri next week  and see how it looks Mon.

Tropics are still looking active into the end of model runs although with nothing specific to talk about at the moment. Check back Mon for that too.

Seeya then and a have a great weekend!