Northern NSW and South East Queensland Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 6th December)
Best Days: Saturday morning, Sunday morning, Monday morning, early Tuesday
Recap
The surf was average across most spots with a fresh to strong N'ly breeze, whipping up a low quality windswell into the afternoon.
This morning a mix of easing NE windswell was seen across the Sunny and Gold Coast with S'ly winds, creating fun waves, while the North Coast saw a S'ly swell also in the mix but not above 2ft.
This weekend (Dec 7 - 8)
This morning's small S'ly swell is a precursor to a much larger S'ly groundswell event across the North Coast over the weekend related to a strong cold-outbreak moving into the Southern Tasman Sea.
An initial fetch of strong to gale-force S/SW winds up the Southern NSW Coast today will generate a pulse in swell this afternoon and further Saturday, reaching 3-5ft across south facing beaches into the late afternoon.
A much larger and more powerful S'lygroundswell is expected to peak Sundaymorning though generated by a fetch of gale to severe-gale S/SW winds wrapping around the core of a low that has formed in the Southern Tasman Sea today (pictured right).
Open beaches should see good 3-4ft waves Sunday morning, while south facing locations should pick up inconsistent but strong 5-6ft sets. The Gold Coast will miss a lot of the S'ly swell, and only come in at an inconsistent 2ft+ at open beaches and 4-5ft on the Tweed.
Winds tomorrow morning will be good and from the W/SW ahead of an E/NE sea breeze while Sunday will see a light W/NWbreeze ahead of fresh NE sea breezes.
Next week (Dec 9 onwards)
The low will weaken and move off to the east and out of our swell window through Saturday, with a steady drop in size expected Monday, although early on there'll still be solid sets, with Tuesday offering small leftovers.
Winds will generally play out from the NW to N/NE favouring northern corners and spots picking up the most size.
Longer term, there's nothing major on the cards besides small levels of E'ly windswell but we'll review this again Monday.
Northern NSW and South East Queensland Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 6th December)
Best Days: Saturday morning, Sunday morning, Monday morning, early Tuesday
Recap
The surf was average across most spots with a fresh to strong N'ly breeze, whipping up a low quality windswell into the afternoon.
This morning a mix of easing NE windswell was seen across the Sunny and Gold Coast with S'ly winds, creating fun waves, while the North Coast saw a S'ly swell also in the mix but not above 2ft.
This weekend (Dec 7 - 8)
An initial fetch of strong to gale-force S/SW winds up the Southern NSW Coast today will generate a pulse in swell this afternoon and further Saturday, reaching 3-5ft across south facing beaches into the late afternoon.
A much larger and more powerful S'ly groundswell is expected to peak Sunday morning though generated by a fetch of gale to severe-gale S/SW winds wrapping around the core of a low that has formed in the Southern Tasman Sea today (pictured right).
Open beaches should see good 3-4ft waves Sunday morning, while south facing locations should pick up inconsistent but strong 5-6ft sets. The Gold Coast will miss a lot of the S'ly swell, and only come in at an inconsistent 2ft+ at open beaches and 4-5ft on the Tweed.
Winds tomorrow morning will be good and from the W/SW ahead of an E/NE sea breeze while Sunday will see a light W/NW breeze ahead of fresh NE sea breezes.
Next week (Dec 9 onwards)
The low will weaken and move off to the east and out of our swell window through Saturday, with a steady drop in size expected Monday, although early on there'll still be solid sets, with Tuesday offering small leftovers.
Winds will generally play out from the NW to N/NE favouring northern corners and spots picking up the most size.
Longer term, there's nothing major on the cards besides small levels of E'ly windswell but we'll review this again Monday.