An active sea state has now developed as 20-30 knot SE winds blanket the Central Coral Sea and that will see surf in the 2ft range continue through Sat, with slightly bigger 2-3ft surf on offer at the more exposed breaks with open Capricorn Channel exposure.
The outlook remains slow for the period with small windows for beginners.
This is maintaining the ridge of high pressure along most of the East Coast, with a slight and slow easing of pressure gradients expected over the weekend. An active Monsoon Trough lays across the North of the Continent extending out into the Coral Sea.
Today's swell will ease into the weekend with less favourable winds, with some new swell for early next week as winds strengthen from the south-eastern quadrant.
This is maintaining the ridge of high pressure along most of the East Coast, with a slight and slow easing of pressure gradients expected over the weekend.
There's no improvement to the current outlook with tiny swells and generally favourable winds.
Winds are favourable for the beaches but the Southern Ocean is having a quiet spell. There aren't many surfing options for the coming period.
Current ASCAT (satellite windspeed) passes show a large area of storm force W’ly winds well aimed towards Hawaii as the storm tracks towards the Dateline.
Unfortunately the blocking pattern is in a poor position for East Coast Tasmania with both swell windows effectively shut down as high pressure slowly moves to sidle up next to Tasmania.
A mix of swells for the coming period with cleaner conditions on offer.
