Another active period ahead with swells from the E and S incoming and plenty of wind to deal with

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Another active period ahead with swells from the E and S incoming and plenty of wind to deal with

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On the New Zealand side of the basin, troughy remnants of  last week’s low pressure cell invigorate a long, broad tradewind fetch extending from the South Pacific into the Northern Tasman and Coral Sea. While this fetch looks a little less impressive and more mobile than it did on Wed it’s still going to be a solid swell producer for the sub-tropical East Coast. 

Extended E'ly swell event builds later this week

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Extended E'ly swell event builds later this week

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This incredible high pressure system, 1036 and 1042 hPa, then begins to extend a long, broad fetch of SE/ESE winds adjacent to the North Island and extending through the South Pacific and into the Northern Tasman and Southern Coral Sea. This portends another extended E’ly swell event, more focussed on NENSW and SEQLD but with enough width in the fetch to ensure the entire NSW coast gets sprayed with swell from the Eastern Quadrant.