Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Mon 12th May)

This week and next week (May12-May23)

Central QLD: Surf easing this week with another round likely next week

Plenty of fun waves over the weekend

The synoptic situation has been sluggish with a large high (1030hPa) still sitting in the Tasman still maintaining a firm ridge up the sub-tropical coast with a weaker pressure gradient through temperate NSW. A broad trade fetch on steroids is now slowly breaking down through the Coral, Tasman and South Pacific with a tropical low whizzing away to the SE.  Weak supporting high pressure does drift into the Tasman this week with multiple coastal trough lines suggesting instability and variable winds before a weak S’ly change Thurs. The recent pattern of very strong highs moving through the Bight into the Tasman then resets over the weekend with a high likelihood of another surge of S-SE swell during this period.

Trade swell slowlty eases this week as fetch breaks down

Expect slowly easing swells this week, becoming tiny from Thurs.

We should see the next SE surge build in either Sun or Mon, with a rebuild in swell for most of next week.

Check back Wed for the latest.