Make the most of the clean run of small waves on the beaches over the coming days. The outlook from Tuesday afternoon is poor.

The fetch generating the swell looks stronger, bringing an upgrade in size.

We’ve still got a broad trade wind flow in the Coral Sea, extending out into the South Pacific and anchored head and tail by low pressure along the monsoon trough. That’s producing plenty of surf in the sub-tropics  although we’ll now see a slow easing trend into the end of the week.

Winds are the main issue over the coming days, improving on the weekend only when the swell fades.