Typical Spring pattern with a slight La Niña/IOD twist unfolding at present. A large high is now moving into the Tasman, directing a N’ly flow along most of the Eastern seaboard. That flow intensifies in response to an approaching series of troughs and a complex low in the Bight.
The Mid Coast will offer sizey, stormy waves over the coming days and weekend but conditions will be better and cleaner in protected spots down South.
Make the most of today on the beaches ahead of some small, inconsistent westerly swell into Friday afternoon, better Saturday.
By Thurs we’ll be lining up another round of NE swell, with plenty of size expected as an approaching complex low tightens the pressure gradient with a Tasman high and generates a powerful NE fetch down the Western Tasman Sea.
We've got large but steadily easing surf tomorrow with no decent swell to follow up until next week.
A poor run of surf and conditions over the coming days, improving later week.
A strong, but decaying cold front tied to a mid-latitude low is pushing gales through a wide swathe of the lower Tasman, with a handy S swell now being generated for the region. A relatively weak high (1025hPa) is pushing though the Bight with a transitory ridge, quickly breaking down and tending N’ly mid week , before another mid-latitude low pushes through and brings a NW to W’ly flow across the weekend.
A strong, but decaying cold front tied to a mid-latitude low is pushing gales through a wide swathe of the lower Tasman, with a handy S swell now being generated for the region. A relatively weak high (1025hPa) is pushing though the Bight with a transitory ridge, quickly breaking down and tending N’ly mid week , before another mid-latitude low pushes through and brings a NW to W’ly flow across the weekend.
Plenty of swell and cleaner conditions for the South Coast tomorrow ahead of a windy, stormy run of solid surf on the Mid Coast Friday through Sunday.
Large easing surf with favourable winds over the coming days ahead of a tricky W'ly swell later week and into the weekend.
