The Southern Ocean gyre is now well to the S and SE of the South Island, generating one last pulse of long period swell for our region. There’s a fresh set of cards to sort through next week with a couple of swell sources on offer. Read on for details. 

Building stormy waves over the coming days, XL through the weekend with improving winds early next week for a period.

The South Coast isn't expected to see much size due to the shadowing effects of Kangaroo Island, while winds look hit and miss on the Mid Coast.

The Southern Gyre then sends one more pulse of SE groundswell our way later in the week.