Building swells from Tropical Cyclone Ola
Building swells from Tropical Cyclone Ola
For those non-travellers out there, ‘Ola’ is Spanish for ‘waves’, which has gotta mean something, right?
For those non-travellers out there, ‘Ola’ is Spanish for ‘waves’, which has gotta mean something, right?
I’m not expecting much swell from TC Ola at this stage, mainly due to the short fetch length that has developed inside our swell window, and the position of TC Ola relative to the swell shadow offered by the Hunter curve.
Early indications are Saturday will be your only day to surf this weekend.
Thursday is probably your best chance at a surf this week.
We’ve got quite a complex weekend to forecast for across this region.
What this means is that we can expect Saturday to see another day of large waves.
Remember.. it’s the Mid, so don’t turn your back for too long.
There are two compounding factors working against the weekend surf forecast.
As for Friday - it’s a simple matter of up, up up during the day. But the key is: when?
Friday’s where all of the action is due to kick in.