That will be offset by a developing fetch of gales off the North Island, which will supply reinforcing energy from the E-E/NE Fri over the weekend.
No change to the outlook as a massive, slow moving low pressure system in the Tasman and strong high over Tasmania combine to fill the Tasman Sea with gales to strong gales, generating large swells.
No change to the outlook as a massive, slow moving low pressure system in the Tasman and strong high over Tasmania combine to fill the Tasman Sea with gales to strong gales generating L to XL surf.
Large swell for Thursday, with a follow up for next week.
Conditions are looking OK for the coming E/SE swell which has been downgraded a little in size.
We'll fall between swell generating fronts tomorrow with winds due to become variable as an XL groundswell fills in.
The coming period will be windy, large and limited to selected spots.
The start of a significant and sustained swell event is currently underway with wave heights not settling back until next week.
The synoptic charts are quite incredible.
The coming period is active from the west with a couple of good, back to back pulses due.
