/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/10/20/plenty-options-over-the-weekend-another
freeride76
Friday, 20 October 2023

No great change to the weekend f/cast. An approaching complex trough, front and low complex will see freshening N/NE-NE winds through Sat with only a brief period of light NW winds inshore early.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/10/18/active-tasman-sea-sees-swell-around-the
freeride76
Wednesday, 18 October 2023

The synoptic set-up looks quite unseasonal at the moment with a 1031 hPa high drifting over NSW and a 1007 hPa low slow moving in the Tasman west of the North Island. Current ASCAT (satellite windspeed) passes show broad fetch of mostly strong S-S/SE winds with some embedded low end gales reasonably well aimed for East coast swell production. 

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/10/16/plenty-s-swell-short-term-cleaner-better
freeride76
Monday, 16 October 2023

A strong front and embedded trough of low pressure are currently located just off the Gippsland Coast, expected too move NE into the Tasman and driving a strong/ near gale force S’ly flow up the NSW Coast today, reaching the QLD in the wee hours of Tuesday. There’ll be an initial burst of S swell associated with the proximate fetch, with some better quality SE-E/SE swell from a secondary intensification of the low as it becomes slow moving near New Zealand.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/10/13/plenty-s-swell-over-the-weekend-windy
freeride76
Friday, 13 October 2023

We’ve got more clarity on the situation next week now as a lingering trough line from the NSW South Coast down to Gippsland is expected to deepen in response to a front and form a surface low in the Tasman Sea, likely later Mon.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/10/11/more-swells-the-s-some-potential-next
freeride76
Wednesday, 11 October 2023

Moderate strength high pressure (1025 hPa) is drifting NE into the Tasman with a strong polar storm well SW of NZ exiting the swell window. That should see a settled short term before another complex trough and frontal system pushes north along the coast tomorrow with a stiff SW-S change. More rapid wind changes into and over the weekend under a very mobile, troughy pattern with some potential next week for a surface low to form in one of the trough lines.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/10/09/coupla-south-swells-week-mixed
thermalben
Monday, 9 October 2023

The early arrival of today’s south swell means the short term schedule has been brought forward

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/10/06/plenty-south-swell-just-gotta-pick-the
thermalben
Friday, 6 October 2023

A series of secondary southerly swells will fill in overnight, replacing today's energy and maintaining...

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/10/04/great-waves-thursday-then-mixed-round
thermalben
Wednesday, 4 October 2023

Today's building short range NE swell will reach a peak during the middle of the night.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/10/02/large-ne-swell-mid-week-looking-best
thermalben
Monday, 2 October 2023

Main feature on the synoptic charts is a strengthening N'ly fetch adjacent the NSW coast, between a Tasman high and an approaching front through the Bight.

/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2023/09/29/workable-options-over-the-weekend
freeride76
Friday, 29 September 2023

We’ve got a strong, expansive front passing through the Tasman at present will which supply pulses of S swell over the coming days. High pressure over NSW is moving NE into the Tasman, with a N’ly flow developing. That N'ly flow will really intensify next week with some juicy NE windswell resulting.