The tradewind flow through the Central/Southern Coral Sea gets a boost later this week and into the weekend as a tropical low forms between Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2022/01/24/mostly-tiny-surf-week-rideable-surf-returning
freeride76
Monday, 24 January 2022
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2022/01/21/small-surf-sat-leftovers-sun-then-week
freeride76
Friday, 21 January 2022
An active sea state has now developed as 20-30 knot SE winds blanket the Central Coral Sea and that will see surf in the 2ft range continue through Sat, with slightly bigger 2-3ft surf on offer at the more exposed breaks with open Capricorn Channel exposure.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2022/01/19/just-rideable-waves-frisat-period-tiny-surf
freeride76
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
The ridge really starts to build along the CQ coast later Thurs, reaching peak strength of 20-30 knot winds through Friday.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2022/01/17/groundswell-ex-tc-cody-slowly-easing-exposed
freeride76
Monday, 17 January 2022
By Fri an extensive coverage of 20-25knot SE winds through the lower Coral Sea should rebuild wave heights into the 1-2ft range across the region, with surf holding into the weekend before slowly easing next week as the trade flow weakens.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2022/01/14/surf-easing-back-most-spots-some-ese
freeride76
Friday, 14 January 2022
The slowed movement and enlargement of the wind field as it approaches the North Island are on track to deliver more powerful long period E-E/SE swell, right on the edge of the Southern CQ swell window.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2022/01/12/mix-e-swells-maintains-fun-surf-exposed
freeride76
Wednesday, 12 January 2022
Breaks with exposed access to the east will see better quality E swell through Thurs and Fri from TC Cody as it drifts south from Fiji towards the North Island.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2022/01/10/rideable-surf-week-better-quality-pulses
freeride76
Monday, 10 January 2022
Fri should see better quality E swell coming around the corner from Fraser Island, generated by a long fetch of E’ly winds through the South Pacific as a tropical low drifts down towards New Zealand
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2022/01/07/periods-small-rideable-waves-next-week
freeride76
Friday, 7 January 2022
This sets up a good coverage of tradewinds through the Southern and Central Coral Sea, extending out to New Caledonia, where a tropical low located between Fiji and Vanuatu is located.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2022/01/05/rideable-waves-likely-return-next-week
freeride76
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
Next week looks to have better prospects although we won’t have the surf potential we saw from TC Seth.
/reports/forecaster-notes/central-queensland/2022/01/03/more-potential-surf-the-way-after-period-tiny
freeride76
Monday, 3 January 2022
A long cradling fetch of E/SE Tradewinds forms in that general region, which is likely to be a more reliable swell producer, especially for the more exposed breaks on the Burnett coast.
