/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/04/05/tricky-generally
freeride76
Friday, 5 April 2024

The moist onshore flow from this set-up is flowing into a coastal trough and interior low bringing onshore winds and rain as well as developing E swell. We’ll eventually see the low and trough clear the coast bringing better winds Sun/Mon with some strong S swell on the menu for next week from Tasman Sea and deeper sources.

/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/04/03/tricky-outlook
Craig
Wednesday, 3 April 2024

The Mid North Coast will see stormy, poor surf developing later week and into the weekend, improving slowly from Sunday.

/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/04/01/some-tiny-days
freeride76
Monday, 1 April 2024

A complex inland trough low tied to tropical sources exits the coast as a strong high moves into the Bight. Following that a coastal trough in the Northern Tasman then deepens, likely into a surface low which may drift southwards bringing E swells to the entire region, possibly followed by a return S swell as the low gets captured by an approaching front.

/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/03/29/mellow-easter
freeride76
Friday, 29 March 2024

Only minor action from the E is expected from a northwards positioned SE flow in the Coral Sea. Adding to that source south of the border we’ll see some small S’ly pulses over the Easter long weekend. 

/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/03/27/small-spell-se
thermalben
Wednesday, 27 March 2024

The swell regime for the next few days throughout SE Qld will remain small out of the east with just enough size for small runners on the semi-exposed points.

/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/03/25/tradewind-swells
freeride76
Monday, 25 March 2024

We’ve got an extensive high pressure belt with weak cells in the Tasman and near Indian Ocean and a stronger cell in the Bight. Compared to summer high pressure we’re seeing a slight seasonal shift northwards in the belt although later in the week the strong high in the Bight does move towards Tasmania at a more typical summer latitude.

/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/03/22/few-fun-beachies
freeride76
Friday, 22 March 2024

Light winds continue into Mon and likely until Wed as the as the W-E progression of the next high cell (and subsequently fronts) slows and allows more intrusion of the S’ly fronts into the lower Tasman. S swells from frontal activity now look a notch more active next week, especially at S facing beaches in NENSW.

/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/03/20/ely-swell-just
freeride76
Wednesday, 20 March 2024

The NZ high and a long monsoon trough has generated a useful fetch of tradewinds in the eastern swell window, which has maintained E’ly swells in the sub-tropics, E/NE in temperate regions.

/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/03/18/east-swell-keeps
freeride76
Monday, 18 March 2024

Pretty typical late Summer pattern with a high in the Tasman and a maturing trade-wind flow in the Coral Sea, linked to an active monsoon trough with a small embedded low in the Coral Sea. There is a tropical cyclone in the Gulf of Carpentaria which formed over the weekend but this system is expected to track inland over the NT and Kimberley regions and not be a swell source for the East Coast.

/reports/forecaster-notes/south-east-queensland-northern-new-south-wales/2024/03/15/stacks-swells
thermalben
Friday, 15 March 2024

We’re between easterly pulses at the moment and the void will be temporarily filled by short/mid range energy trading today’s change.