The next swell is already en route, generated by an intense polar low that had areas of storm force winds embedded in a large gale force fetch as it passed through Heard Island Sun/Mon.
The weekend looks alright. And, it looks like the Southern Ocean storm track will finally get back into a rhythm next week.
A sub-tropical low which threatened SEQLD and NENSW over the weekend after it formed off the Capricorn coast is now steaming southwards at a fair clip, sliding along a high pressure ridge from a large (1035 hPa) high under Tasmania and dragging a strong fetch with it into the East Tas swell window.
Friday looks terrible, albeit interesting. Saturday morning has some potential.
A sub-tropical low which threatened SEQLD and NENSW over the weekend after it formed off the Capricorn coast is now steaming southwards at a fair clip, sliding along a high pressure ridge from a large (1035 hPa) high under Tasmania and dragging a strong fetch with it. The low is expected to merge with an inland low and horseshoe trough on the Gippsland Coast tomorrow forming a stalled low pressure gyre near Tasmania.
A sub-tropical low which threatened SEQLD and NENSW over the weekend after it formed off the Capricorn coast is now steaming southwards at a fair clip, sliding along a high pressure ridge from a large (1035 hPa) high under Tasmania. The low is expected to merge with an inland low and horseshoe trough on the Gippsland Coast tomorrow forming a stalled low pressure gyre near Tasmania.
A stationary synoptic pattern for most of next week means generally poor surf across both coasts.
Late Wed will see the next increase in swell and the system responsible, a polar low which intensifies as it passes Heard Island Sun, now looks stronger and less zonal, with a swathe of 30ft seas sending groundswell to WA.
It's a tricky weekend of waves ahead. But there are items worth monitoring.
Dynamic weekend f/cast ahead as a strong NE fetch builds a chunky windswell and a trough then brings an extended period of elevated wave heights from the SE to E.
