Large building N'ly swell tomorrow, peaking Wednesday and then easing slowly into the weekend but with average N/NE winds. Better and larger N/NW groundswell for the weekend with good winds, deteriorating later Sunday. More large swell next week.
Wednesday is certainly the pick of the forecast period, though wave heights will be smaller at south facing beaches and through the Northern Hunter.
South-east Queensland and Northern NSW Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Monday 18th December)
Best Days: No great days. Maybe Thurs AM across the Mid North Coast with a small peaky NE swell and a temporary light variable breeze at some locations.
Recap: Stacks of E’ly swell over the last few days throughout SE Qld - easing groundswell Saturday and building tradeswell Sunday and Monday - but smaller south from Yamba.
Small to tiny NE windswell for later tomorrow and Wednesday morning, followed by small flukey pulses of refracted S'ly groundswell.
Building W/SW swell later Wednesday, peaking Thursday morning ahead of a good secondary pulse Friday afternoon with favourable winds. Easing surf into the weekend but holding Sunday.
Onshore winds and easing surf tomorrow, clean Wednesday but with hardly any size left. New inconsistent swell for Thursday with decent winds, average from Friday.
Fading surf with offshore winds tomorrow down South and a building windswell on the Mid Coast. New W/SW swell for the Mid Wednesday but messy, building out of the SW down South though bumpy. Cleaner Thursday with more variable morning winds and a peak in swell, followed by a good new S/SW swell Saturday with offshore winds.
Small easing waves across the exposed beaches tomorrow morning, with a strong building W/SW groundswell later Wednesday, peaking Thursday morning, with a reinforcing swell for Friday afternoon/Saturday. Favourable winds for the Surf Coast and improving for locations to the east.
The current E’ly swell will ease slowly through the weekend.
We’re inside 24 hours from the weekend and the wind outlook is no less tricky than what was discussed on Monday and Wednesday.
