We’ll see some small background surf over the weekend and into next week from a trough and low in the South Pacific but only for exposed locations and only small, inconsistent 1-2ft surf tops.
High pressure over the continent and off the QLD Coast is still supplying ridging which is now being strengthened by the next series of troughs and fronts. Off Tasmania a small low pressure cell is slowly moving away with easing onshore winds and a chunky NE swell still building.
Long lined, inconsistent E-E/SE swell will continue next week, from a source near Tonga then a closer low forming on a persistent trough line closer to the North Island. This closer system is right on the edge of the swell window.
We can expect a slow improvement in conditions again this weekend again but with a weakish, easing S/SW swell.
We'll see a building NW windswell tomorrow ahead of a large W'ly groundswell on Sunday in the gulf, more sheltered down South.
High pressure over the continent and off the QLD Coast is still supplying ridging which is now being strengthened by the next series of troughs and fronts. That will see another episode of W’ly quarter winds over the weekend, with patches of NW winds embedded in the flow.
The weekend will provide windy, inconsistent surf for the keen while some new swell for next week looks to arrive with dicey winds.
The current storm track is focussed either side of the Indian Ocean Basin, that being a strong frontal progression sliding under South Africa and Madagascar, along with a weaker, more north-south aligned progression pushing up and into Western Australia.
The surf will be tiny over the coming days ahead of some better activity next week.
Winds will strengthen tomorrow and the swell will increase again, easing and improving through the weekend.
