One final strong swell for the weekend 
One final strong swell for the weekend 
A new S/SW groundswell is due later tomorrow, easing rapidly Sunday under northerly winds.
A new S/SW groundswell is due later tomorrow, easing rapidly Sunday under northerly winds.
A deep, slow moving low drifting towards the North Island sends some small E/SE groundswell to spots exposed to open ocean swell between Breaksea Spit and the Capricorn Channel.
O’night Sat into Sun the Coral Sea low will merge with the NSW low forming a deep and powerful low pressure system in the Northern Tasman.
If anything that eastwards movement looks slower than modelled on Wed so large surf will persist at elevated levels for longer.
The weekend is a write-off with improving surf across metro locations early week, better across the South West from Wednesday onwards.
If anything that eastwards movement looks slower than modelled on Wed so large surf will persist at elevated levels for longer.
The South Coast will improve all weekend with plenty of west swell next week with windows opening up for the Mid Coast from Wednesday.
The wind will remain a little funky though workable tomorrow, much better from Sunday. Increasing westerly swells are due through next week/weekend.
A deep, complex low pressure system (see Beast from the East) then forms in the Tasman and slowly migrates towards the North Island with large E’ly swell pulses generated over a prolonged period.