Small swells but mostly onshore
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
Small swells but mostly onshore
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
Winds won't play ball for the coming swells, spoiling conditions as they peak.
Large, stormy NE swell incoming to end the week
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
Large, stormy NE swell incoming to end the week
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
This fetch gets super-charged off Bass Strait and adjacent to the east coast of Tasmania by an interior trough, with E to E/NE gales expected to develop off the Gippsland coast later tomorrow (see below).
Rideable waves likely to return next week
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
Rideable waves likely to return next week
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
Next week looks to have better prospects although we won’t have the surf potential we saw from TC Seth.
Lots more E'ly swell incoming with some ugly winds in the short term
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
Lots more E'ly swell incoming with some ugly winds in the short term
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
The sub-tropical high pressure belt also extends Eastwards of New Zealand and the cradling effect of this belt along the low pressure zone is expected to create a long fetch of enhanced Tradewinds during next week.
Slow, average outlook continues
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
Slow, average outlook continues
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
There's no swell in sight for Perth and Mandurah and the Margaret River region is looking well below par.
Surf slowly easing from the E/NE with onshore winds remaining a problem
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
Surf slowly easing from the E/NE with onshore winds remaining a problem
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
A strong high is now slipping in underneath Tasmania and the combination of the decaying ex cyclone, developing high pressure ridge and an interior trough is creating a long, broad fetch E/NE winds extending from New Caledonia down into the Central Tasman Sea.
Poor outlook continues
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
Poor outlook continues
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
There's no quality surf due through this period with poor winds and blocking highs.
Slowly improving conditions as the size fades
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
Slowly improving conditions as the size fades
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
We'll see conditions improve slowly into the end of the week with a mix of sizey SE windswell and smaller, mid-period SW swell.
XL surf on the way this weekend with more winter-calibre surf behind it
Monday, 3 January 2022
XL surf on the way this weekend with more winter-calibre surf behind it
Monday, 3 January 2022
The drop in size is short-lived as an XL swell event builds in for the weekend 8/9 Jan. This swell will be generated by one of the powerful storms pushing off Japan as part of the huge cyclonic gyre covering the North Pacific.
Strong swells from the E/NE this week with plenty of onshore wind
Monday, 3 January 2022
Strong swells from the E/NE this week with plenty of onshore wind
Monday, 3 January 2022
A second, much stronger swell from the E/NE to NE quickly follows as a dominant high slips under the state and quickly has a pressure gradient squeeze from an inland trough and the remnants of ex TC Seth.