The troughy pattern is about to disrupt the tradewind flow in the Coral Sea, with a South Pacific trough moving south very quickly as it forms up tomorrow. The net result will be easing surf for CQ through tomorrow, likely tiny/flat by Fri and into the weekend.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/30/easing-swells-the-weekend
freeride76
Wednesday, 30 August 2023
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/28/little-small-rideable-the-right-tide
freeride76
Monday, 28 August 2023
The tradewind fetch is a little weaker than forecast but we’ll still see a reasonable ridge up the QLD coast and some fun waves over the next few days.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/25/fun-surf-pattern-extends-next-week
freeride76
Friday, 25 August 2023
We’ve got tradewinds now established in the Central Coral Sea and the development of small, fun surf across CQ.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/23/rideable-waves-building-the-weekend
freeride76
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Next week now looks juicier with the tradewind flow strengthening and extending southwards, which will see surf build to 2-3ft through Mon, and extend into the middle of next week at similar size.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/21/rideable-waves-in-sight-possibly-extending
freeride76
Monday, 21 August 2023
We’re now seeing a high pressure surge with building tradewinds across the Coral Sea. The fetch is a little disjointed, which does tap a bit off the size but we’ll still see some rideable 1-2ft surf develop through Tues/Wed.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/18/end-flat-spell-in-sight-some-fun-waves-mid
freeride76
Friday, 18 August 2023
We should see an end to the flat spell by Tues next week, with a high pressure ridge building up the QLD coast and Tradewinds forming a broad fetch through the Southern/Central Coral Sea.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/14/tinyflat-surf-week
freeride76
Monday, 14 August 2023
With no swell sources on tap for CQ we’re looking at a tiny/flat week, par for the course for this time of year.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/11/tinyflat-surf-next-week
freeride76
Friday, 11 August 2023
With the tradewind belt weakening and contracting northwards we’re seeing tiny/flat surf establish in CQ waters.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/09/surf-becoming-tiny-the-weekend-flat-spell
freeride76
Wednesday, 9 August 2023
High pressure (1031hPa) is slowly but surely moving into the Tasman in a NE direction pushing a decaying tradewind flow further north and leading to easing surf across CQ after a great run of waves.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2023/08/07/easing-tradewind-swells-becoming-tiny-week
freeride76
Monday, 7 August 2023
A persistent tradewind fetch is in the process of resetting with a less favourable wind alignment and easing swells.
