Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Mon 26th Feb)

This week and next week (Feb26 -Mar8)

Central QLD:Tiny/flat surf for a while, hope on the horizon next week

No surfable options across the region.

Expect this for most of the week and into the weekend

We’ve got a weak, troughy pattern in the Tasman Sea, with a minor cold front passing to the SE of Tasmania and a new high pressure cell poised to enter the Tasman in it’s wake. The high cell is weak so we’re looking at a fairly uninspiring end to Summer, with some mid week NE windswell for Southern NSW and small background E swells for the sub-tropics, mostly tiny across CQ. Details below. 

The high quickly moves into the centre of the Tasman and develops light E’ly flow across the sub-tropics but windspeeds are weak and it’s likely surf will stay tiny for most of this week. Possibly just rideable on low tides through Wed/Thurs, although keep expectations very low. That tiny surf extends into the weekend.

Further ahead and we should see high pressure become slow moving in the Tasman next week. A moderate trade-flow looks to set up in the Coral Sea, with workable trade-wind swells across CQ for the second half of next week. Either way, nothing dramatic in the tropics on the radar, so we’ll come back Wed and see how it’s looking.