Active southern swell window for the weeks ahead

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Active southern swell window for the weeks ahead

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The associated fronts were slightly off-kilter for our swell window, but the fetch length has been very impressive an intense polar low at the bottom of the system (just off the ice shelf) displayed a nice core of 50kt+ winds yesterday, of which the associated swell energy will arrive across Northern NSW tomorrow. More in the Forecaster Notes. 

Protracted southerly swells on the boil

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Protracted southerly swells on the boil

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Throughout SE Qld, I’ve changed my opinion on this swell and I think there’s a decent chance that that it’ll perform pretty well for the outer points, because most of the energy will have been sourced from the eastern Tasman Sea. More in the Forecaster Notes.