Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (issued on Fri 8th Apr)

This weekend and next week (Apr8-Apr 15)

Central QLD: Waves keep coming over the weekend and into next week

Waves have continued to pump along the Capricorn coast as TC Fili supplies plenty of swell.

Nice way to end the week

A large 1031 hPa high straddling Tasmania ( no longer a peanut high) is extending a deep E’ly flow along the f/cast region. TC Fili has weakened and is drifting southwards to the SE now of New Caledonia, anchored by a long fetch of E’ly winds from the cradling high. That equals lots of East swell through the coming days, but we’ve still got some onshore winds to slog through.

Winds will remain an issue this period but they'll abate in strength opening up more windows of surf. There's plenty of swell inbound as well.

A strong low which passed through the Tasman is also sending a quantum of longer period S to S/SE swell which will see surf heights build from the S to SSE over the next 24-36 hrs.