No great change to the weekend f/cast. Wind and swell regimens  will be dominated by the low in the Tasman, which is now retreating towards the North Island with a large (1037hPa) high south of Tasmania. Pressure gradients do slowly ease over the weekend as the high relaxes over warm Tasman sea waters and the low sets up near the North Island.

We've got a run of east winds this period though Sunday morning looks to be the cleanest west of Melbourne with a new groundswell.

There’s still some model divergence to deal with but some model runs show gales developing in close proximity to the NE Tas coast. Under this scenario we will be looking at a serious NE swell event, for late next week.

We are now on the cusp of a low pressure event as a complex inland trough of low pressure forms a new low off the Central NSW Coast,  backed by an advancing strong high pressure cell.