Winds off the Tasmanian coast and up into Bass Strait are tending more N’ly over the short term producing some small NE windswell.
There's nothing to recommend this week with a funky S/SE swell this weekend.
We have a strong (1033hPa) high in the Tasman, with a deep E’ly flow through the Coral Sea feeding into a coastal trough along the QLD coast. That trough is drawing down plenty of tropical moisture in the deep onshore flow, and generating sizey, stormy E’ly swells for the sub-tropics.
The coming period will be again mostly about picking the windows of lighter winds and cleaner conditions.
We've got one final quality west swell to come this week before things become a little quieter.
That trough is drawing down plenty of tropical moisture in the deep onshore flow, and generating sizey, stormy E’ly swells for the sub-tropics. Some of that swell energy will filter down to temperate NSW in reduced form but without all the bad weather, along with more local NE swells.
This week will be best suited to the exposed beaches and breaks before things go poor on the weekend.
No change expected to the broad pattern next week with strong high pressure moving into the Tasman and a broad, deep E’ly fetch developing through the Coral Sea, with an embedded trough.
Windows for a clean surf look very limited this period, even in metro locations.
