Very active storm track in the Indian Ocean drives continuing large swell to WA with brief windows of favourable winds

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Very active storm track in the Indian Ocean drives continuing large swell to WA with brief windows of favourable winds

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Very active Indian Ocean storm track continues with fronts and deep lows forming near Heard Island before being steered NE towards WA as decaying fronts. That's seeing multiple large swell events over the f/cast period.

More energy from the Southern quadrant into the weekend before a taste of Spring next week

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More energy from the Southern quadrant into the weekend before a taste of Spring next week

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One of the features of this current La Niña phase has been long-lived swell events as low pressure lingers in the Tasman Sea. This current event is typical of that pattern. We are now close to the end game as the low which started off the CQ Coast in the Coral Sea expends it’s last energy off the bottom of the South Island New Zealand.

Still-strong mix of South quadrant swells carries into the weekend before a N'ly pattern kicks in

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Still-strong mix of South quadrant swells carries into the weekend before a N'ly pattern kicks in

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One of the features of this current La Niña phase has been long-lived swell events as low pressure lingers in the Tasman Sea. This current event is typical of that pattern. We are now close to the end game as the low which started off the CQ Coast in the Coral Sea expends it’s last energy off the bottom of the South Island New Zealand.