Current ASCAT (satellite windspeed) passes show a healthy fetch of E’ly winds flanking a tropical low as drifts south of the area between Fiji and New Caledonia towards the North Island.
There's nothing significant for the end of the week and weekend but we're looking at a better SW groundswell next week, though the winds..
The surf will clean up across the beaches over the coming days but there'll be no decent swell with any power or size. We've got a stronger swell due next week though the winds are an issue.
Another large W/NW swell follows close behind with an intense storm pushing storm force winds within 1500nm of Hawaii along the edge of a huge cyclonic gyre which ASCAT passes shows as inflamed by a massive area of gales to severe gales.
A poor period of waves and winds with tomorrow morning looking to be the pick of a bad bunch.
The GFS scenario sees NE winds developing in the swell window Thurs with surf building into the 3ft range. A much bigger NE swell builds Fri into the 5-6ft range. With fresh NE winds.
The coming forecast period and beyond remains void of any major swell activity. There'll be some fun waves on the weekend.
Fri should see better quality E swell coming around the corner from Fraser Island, generated by a long fetch of E’ly winds through the South Pacific as a tropical low drifts down towards New Zealand
Our current synoptic pattern is typical of the season and the La Nina end of the ENSO cycle. High pressure straddles New Zealand and a tropical low now drifting south from between Fiji and Vanuatu.
Our current synoptic pattern is typical of the season and the La Nina end of the ENSO cycle. High pressure straddles New Zealand and a tropical low now is drifting south from between Fiji and Vanuatu towards the North Island.
