OK, here we go. We are starting to get some model agreement on a developing easterly trough low expected to form off the Sydney/Hunter coast through tomorrow. There’s still a degree of uncertainty as to the exact position of the low axis, which will make wind f/casts a bit rubbery and really, coming down to a game of kilometres.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2022/07/01/tons-action-ahead-easterly-trough-low
freeride76
Friday, 1 July 2022
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2022/06/29/complex-outlook-somethings-likely-hit
thermalben
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Looks like a quiet end to the week, with some major model revisions over the last few days - certainly not wiping out the expected major swell event, just shunting it down the timeline a little.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2022/06/27/few-small-days-the-s-all-hell-breaks
freeride76
Monday, 27 June 2022
A monster high moving well south of the Bight is expected to rapidly set up a strong ridge along the NSW Coast. Cradled by this ridge will be a very complex series of low pressure troughs, including an interior trough and a broad trough in the Coral Sea, with a potential surface low forming off the QLD or NSW Coast.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2022/06/24/mixed-bag-some-size-down-the-track
thermalben
Friday, 24 June 2022
The long term outlook is suggesting a deep polar low will push under Tasmania, driving a powerful front into the Tasman Sea and generating a very larger sustained southerly groundswell event.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2022/06/22/bluebird-days-and-fun-e-swell-ahead-very
freeride76
Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Pristine days with light W’ly winds for the most part lay ahead. The tropical low over the North Island has rotated out of the swell window, dissipating quickly as it did so. We’ve still got some fun E’ly quadrant swell inbound from that source before a period of quiet surf becomes established over the weekend.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2022/06/20/nice-ely-swell-pulses-week-mostly
freeride76
Monday, 20 June 2022
We’ve got a nice chunky 1033 hPa High slow moving at very southerly latitude, roughly triangulated between Tasmania and the South Island. As well as a precursor SE fetch adjacent to the South Island it is now squeezing pressure gradients with a compact, but deep low, which is currently forming gale force fetches out of Cook Strait and just north of the North Island.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2022/06/17/non-stop-action-the-tasman
thermalben
Friday, 17 June 2022
No major changes to the weekend’s trend outlook, though wave heights have been nudged up a little given the size and strength seen later today.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2022/06/15/last-the-southern-gyre-swell-weekend
freeride76
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
The Southern Ocean gyre is now well to the S and SE of the South Island, generating one last pulse of long period swell for our region. There’s a fresh set of cards to sort through next week with a couple of swell sources on offer.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2022/06/13/long-tail-quality-s-swell-week-mostly-0
freeride76
Monday, 13 June 2022
More fronts maintain a synoptic offshore flow for the week and we’ve got plenty of S swell to last the week, albeit at reduced sizes compared to the weekend.
/reports/forecaster-notes/sydney-hunter-illawarra/2022/06/13/long-tail-quality-s-swell-week-mostly
freeride76
Monday, 13 June 2022
More fronts maintain a synoptic offshore flow for the week and we’ve got plenty of S swell to last the week, albeit at reduced sizes compared to the weekend.