/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/11/19/troughy-pattern-few-small-swell-sources
freeride76
Monday, 20 November 2023

The troughy pattern remains installed into the medium term so we’re still keeping an eye out for short range features which could supply local swell sources.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/11/17/active-outlook-continues-more-long
freeride76
Friday, 17 November 2023

Strong, long period S’ly groundswell should be peaking Mon morning, before an easing trend through the day.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/11/15/more-long-period-s-swell-if-youre-lucky
freeride76
Wednesday, 15 November 2023

Another powerful low tracking into the Far Southern Tasman- this time at potential storm force- sends more uncommonly long period S swell up the NSW Coast (although better aimed up the Tasman Sea pipe towards Fiji). With swell periods potentially  in the 19-20 second band there’ll be some real juice in the swell.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/11/13/tricky-troughy-winds-some-long-period
freeride76
Monday, 13 November 2023

Another powerful low tracking into the Far Southern Tasman- this time at potential storm force- sends more uncommonly long period S swell up the NSW Coast (although better aimed up the Tasman Sea pipe towards Fiji).

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/11/10/ne-wind-swells-get-replaced-sly-swells
freeride76
Friday, 10 November 2023

Much stronger frontal activity in the Far Southern Tasman tied to a deep, slow moving low will provide long period S’ly groundswell pulses next week, although winds are looking very tricky around a weak, troughy pattern. 

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/11/07/lots-activity-around-the-compass-sizey-s
freeride76
Wednesday, 8 November 2023

The pattern established on Mon is now well entrenched with a slow moving high in the Tasman slowly being squeezed on the western flank by approaching trough systems. A weak ridge up the sub-tropics has a lighter E’ly flow with stronger N-NE winds south of the MNC down to the South Coast. We’ll see this pattern with increasing NE windswell in Central NSW and some workable trade swell in the sub-tropics. A strong frontal progression is expected to provide a series of S swells next week. 

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/11/06/week-nly-winds-and-increasing-ne
freeride76
Monday, 6 November 2023

The high initially weakens with a lighter onshore flow before re-strengthening as it approaches New Zealand and has the pressure gradient tightened on the western flank by the complex trough systems. That will produce a N’ly flow, expected to increase as the week goes on with increasing NE windswell late in the week and early weekend.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/11/03/slow-moving-high-next-week-leads-small
freeride76
Friday, 3 November 2023

That NE windswell looks to be persistent under the slow moving pattern with high pressure drifting towards New Zealand. We should see an uptick in size through the second half of next week.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/11/01/easing-swells-the-rest-the-week-onshore
freeride76
Wednesday, 1 November 2023

The deep Tasman low near the North Island has now dissipated and left the building with a small low in the Central/Southern Tasman supplying some S swell and an even smaller trough of low pressure off the Far North Coast. This pattern remains slow moving as large high slowly approaches from South of the Bight and multiple inland troughs supply unstable weather. 

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/10/30/enough-swell-sources-stay-busy-week
freeride76
Monday, 30 October 2023

The Tasman low of sub-tropical origins which has sprayed the East Coast with swell is now just north of the North Island, with some swell generating winds still active to the west of the North Island, although quite limited in length. It’s deepened and is hammering the North Island.