Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Wed Apr 24th)

This week and next week (Apr24-May3)

Central QLD:Small but just rideable, coming back up next week

Still some small fun waves around. 

Still some fun ones around

The sharp trough in low pressure moving NE of Tasmania is generating a fetch of gales tracking through the southern swell window, with a following long, broad fetch of S’ly biased winds moving NE through tomorrow, setting up a series of S pulses in the run up to and over the weekend. A weakening trough of low pressure near New Caledonia is seeing easing E swells across the sub-tropics. A monster high (1037hPa) moves into the Bight tomorrow and slowly weakens as it enters the Tasman on the weekend, bringing SE winds into the Coral Sea and holding a small signal of SE-E/SE swell that will hold just rideable surf.

SE winds redevelop in the Coral Sea over the weekend, holding small surf

SE winds to start next week, as a high pressure sits in the Tasman. There will be a SE flow in the Coral Sea but generally contracting northwards during Mon/Tues enough to hold rideable surf in CQ. It should be of sufficient strength to hold 2ft of E/SE swell early next week.

That ridge strengthens with another high moving through the Bight next week, which should see surf build a notch from mid next week.

Lets see how it looks on Fri.