A few small options to start spring

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A few small options to start spring

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No great change to the weekend f/cast. S swells will be the dominant force in the water through tomorrow, mostly mid period stuff whipped up by a proximate fetch of S-SSW winds generated by a front and trough of low pressure forming in the Tasman.

Easing swells into the weekend

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Easing swells into the weekend

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The troughy pattern is about to disrupt the tradewind flow in the Coral Sea, with a South Pacific trough moving south very quickly as it forms up tomorrow. The net result will be easing surf for CQ through tomorrow, likely tiny/flat by Fri and into the weekend. 

A blast of S swell before back to NE swell next week

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A blast of S swell before back to NE swell next week

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Return flow off the back of a retreating high is feeding N’ly winds into the trough line. We’re expecting a front to interact with the trough overnight Thurs to form a low pressure trough in the Tasman. This trough then absorbs another trough of low pressure moving south from the South Pacific islands to form a large area of low pressure near New Zealand

A minor downgrade (again!) but still a workable mixed bag of S and E swells ahead

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A minor downgrade (again!) but still a workable mixed bag of S and E swells ahead

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This trough then absorbs another trough of low pressure moving south from the South Pacific islands to form a large area of low pressure near New Zealand. Compared to Mondays notes the components of this complex pattern all look a little weaker and more mobile with reduced swell generating potential, but we will still see some useful pulses from the various incarnations of the broad pattern.