/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2025/02/07/upgrade-next-week-trade-winds-rebuild
freeride76
Friday, 7 February 2025

Surfwise E’ly swells from trade-winds off the top of the high will hold show more energy Mon, up a notch through Tues as the general wind field in the Southern Coral re-strengthens and more mid period swells make landfall from the stalled progression of lows in the South Pacific. 

/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2025/02/05/easing-swells-short-term-next-week-now
freeride76
Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Wed Feb 5th)

This week and next week (Feb5-Feb14)

Central QLD: Easing swells short term with next week now looking a bit lacklustre

Plenty of fun waves in the recent past, easing into the weekend.

/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2025/02/03/plenty-surf-short-term-easing-another-round
freeride76
Monday, 3 February 2025

Expect a peak in size over the next 48hrs then a slow ease off through the rest of the week and into the weekend.

/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2025/01/31/plenty-surf-days-ahead-some-ups-and-downs
freeride76
Friday, 31 January 2025

An active monsoon trough with various low pressure centres is anchoring a trade-wind fetch through the Coral Sea and extending out into the South Pacific which will see plenty of surf in the CQ region.

/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2025/01/29/surf-every-day-least-week
freeride76
Wednesday, 29 January 2025

We’ll see E’ly tradeswells continue across CQ into and over the weekend and early next week at a minimum. More significant E’ly swells are still on the table but contingent on low pressure developments next week.

/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2025/01/27/major-surf-pattern-ahead
freeride76
Monday, 27 January 2025

Model runs have been all over the place next week as they struggle to resolve an active monsoon trough which extends out from Northern Australia across the Coral Sea and into the South Pacific Island chains. 

/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2025/01/10/flat-spell-ahead
freeride76
Friday, 10 January 2025

There’s no sign of any Tradewinds into and through next week with tiny/flat surf expected right into next weekend. 

/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2025/01/08/surf-becoming-tinyflat
freeride76
Wednesday, 8 January 2025

Not much on the horizon with weak pressure gradients and no tradewinds in the Coral Sea next week, a flat spell is expected.

/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2025/01/06/fun-tradeswells-easing-week
freeride76
Monday, 6 January 2025

The current synoptic situation has a Groundhog Day feel to it, with another very weak high pressure cell in the Tasman (1019hPa), directing a mod SE’ly flow along the CQ coastline, with a weakening Tradewind flow in the Coral Sea contracting northwards.

/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2025/01/03/fun-tradeswells-developing-over-the-weekend
freeride76
Friday, 3 January 2025

With high pressure moving NE into the Tasman we’ll see winds increase as a SE surge builds up the Fraser/Burnett coast.