An unusually strong high for this time of year (1034 hPa) sets up in the central Tasman with quite a firm ridge up the QLD coast. It’ll feel like a late Summer pattern with SE winds blowing..
Make the most of the current (windy) surf as it'll get windier over the weekend before the gales and XL swells move in again early-mid next week.
Our “long tail” is still on the menu to start next week. With the small but intense low becoming slow moving as it drifts NE up towards the Northern peninsula of the North Island, crossing it overnight Sun.
A good run of swell and favourable winds will provide lots of options over the coming days down South, while the Mid Coast will be cleaner but tiny.
Lots of options with a good groundswell and favourable winds over the coming days. There's a good new westerly groundswell due late next week as well.
Still on track for fun S’ly groundswell Saturday generated by an intense polar low with a mostly W’ly fetch and a better angled following front with a more favourable SW fetch.
As mentioned on Wednesday a series of SW fetches slingshot up around the complex low and a secondary fetch which extends further south from Tasmania overnight Wed/early Thurs is expected to provide another strong pulse
Plenty of surf days on the way with good swells and generally favourable winds apart from Saturday afternoon.
A small trough Sat east of Tasmania separated from the polar flow forms a compact low that super-charges another SW fetch of severe gales that tracks aggressively NE into the central Tasman overnight Sat into Sun.
Make the most of the coming days as conditions will deteriorate into the weekend but more so early next week with a vigorous polar frontal progression pushing up and into us.
