Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Mon Apr 22nd)

This week and next week (Apr22-May3)

Central QLD:Plenty of surf, easing slowly from tomorrow

Lots of surf over the weekend and today as low pressure sits in Coral Sea. 

Plenty of surf, even if smaller than expected

We’ve got a dominant (1035hPa) high pressure cell sitting just north of the Victorian border, bringing settled conditions and light winds to Central/Southern NSW and strong but easing SE winds in the sub-tropics where a trough of low pressure in the Coral Sea is currently active but dissipating and moving East. Some frontal activity to the south is poorly positioned and aligned but we will see a stronger frontal intrusion into the Tasman later this week, although not with an accompanying Tasman low as suggested on Friday.

Smaller surf than indicated on Fri due to the structure, strength and positioning of the Coral Sea low.

In the short run we’re still looking at a fun run of  surf with SE-E/SE winds on tap, that will hold and slowly ease later Tues but remain rideable right through Wed and Thurs.

By Fri we’ll see tiny/marginal surf, extending into Sat.

A new high pressure ridge should build Sun or Mon bringing some small surf with the SE surge.

SE winds in the Coral Sea will be confined to more northerly latitudes but we should see a small E swell signal propagating off the southern edge of the fetch, providing a few small 2ft waves likely from Tues onwards.

Check back Wed and we’ll update with all the latest information.