Tuesday will therefore deliver rapidly easing NE swell from today, and SE Qld will see a small undercurrent of trade swell from a minor fetch that’s been positioned off the southern end of New Caledonia for the last day or so.
Tiny over the coming days ahead of a new N/NE windswell Friday with winds swinging offshore. S'ly tending SE swell to follow over the weekend.
Mix of mid-period and long-period W/SW swells for Wednesday with W/NW winds, fading Thursday. Onshore change moving through Friday, poor through Saturday, improving Sunday.
Today’s westerly change has no redeeming features of than its influence on surface conditions.
Large new S/SW groundswell for tomorrow morning with offshore winds, onshore and smaller Wednesday. Improving conditions slightly Thursday but best Friday with a new weak mid-period S/SW swell.
Building and strengthening W/SW swell energy tomorrow, with a large powerful SW groundswell peaking Wednesday with good winds. Easing Thursday under freshening offshores for the South Coast. Average from Friday.
Building and strengthening mid-period W/SW swell tomorrow with westerly winds, large W/SW groundswell peaking Wednesday with favourable winds for the Surf Coast. Easing Thursday under northerly offshores, average weekend.
The synoptic chart says it all: a cut-off mid latitude low just SW of the state is driving strong westerly winds into the lower SW of Western Australia.
Saturday morning should offer the best waves of the weekend. But, keep your expectations low as there’s not going to be a lot of quality.
Not much more than an easing trend expected this weekend.
