S swells from frontal activity now look a notch more active next week as the W-E progression of the next high cell (and subsequently fronts) slows and allows more intrusion into the lower Tasman.

Easing surf over the coming days, with larger energy due into the end of the month.

We’ll see some frontal activity over the weekend and S pulses next week before another strong, blocking high sets up a ridge next week.

The NZ high and a long monsoon trough has generated a useful fetch of tradewinds in the eastern swell window, which has maintained E’ly swells in the sub-tropics, E/NE in temperate regions.