High pressure moves near the South Island and a broad inland low will see winds freshen from N-NE over the weekend, with NE windswell building.
A small trough of low pressure has stalled off Seal Rocks with a SE infeed south of the trough expected to ease over the next 24 hrs and a light/variable flow north of the trough. Apart from this short-range feature, which is whipping up some local, short range swell for Central/Southern NSW extending up to the MNC, pressure gradients in the Tasman and Coral Seas remain very weak.
The swells for the weekend look OK with varying winds but next week looks better with another round large groundswell inbound.
A small trough of low pressure has stalled off Seal Rocks with a SE infeed south of the trough expected to ease over the next 24 hrs and a light/variable flow north of the trough.
Make the most of this morning's surf down South. The coming period looks very marginal with better swells due mid-late next week.
The swell will fade in size and power over the coming days, with a fun new W/SW swell for Sunday.
Slow week ahead, strong swell next week.
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.
On the other side of the trough we revert back to N’ly winds and small NE windswells, becoming sizier into the weekend.
The weekend looks to offer the best chance for a surf.
