Overall though, the surf potential has been toned down as windspeeds remain limiting and the system dissipates as it lingers in the Tasman. Local winds also take a couple of days to improve.

Some decent sized swell is due tomorrow with tricky winds, cleaner and easing Sunday.

Poor tomorrow, good Sunday and then XL next week with an improved wind outlook.

We have a broad front passing into the Tasman and a northwards moving trough, with a high pressure ridge filling in behind those short range features. The front will supply workable levels of S swell Sun but winds will be a problem with a a mod/fresh S’ly flow, tending SE’ly- E’ly during the day.