Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Fri Nov 22nd)

This weekend and next week (Nov22-Nov 29)

Central QLD: Plenty of small, fun days ahead

Rideable, with better days ahead.

Small, fun waves around

No great change to the weekend outlook. Slow moving high pressure is drifting in the Central Tasman with a classic summer wind signature of  SE-E winds in the sub-tropics. A broad but weak E'ly tradewind fetch occupies the Coral Sea, producing some workable E'ly swell.

No change to the surf outlook either, E’ly tradeswell holds in the 2ft range both days.

High pressure is still in the Tasman early next week, slowly drifting towards the North Island, with a N-S angled trough approaching from the interior. A trough of low pressure centred around New Caledonia looks to amplify the trade-wind flow in that area, moving southwards early next week, although with low confidence as to it’s strength as it does so.

Depending on how the trough of low pressure drifting down from New Caledonia behaves we may see some better quality E swell build in Mon/Tues.

EC has the more bullish outlook suggesting some 3ft surf  while GFS has the system weakening with only a few 2 occ. 3ft sets.

Either way we’d expect surf to ease back from mid next week.

We’ll see how it looks over the weekend and report back Mon.

Until then, have a great weekend!