There’s been no major change to the dynamics of the low generating this new swell - satellite data captured a healthy fetch of gale to storm force winds in our swell window on Sunday, and the latest model observations show the core winds are likely to peak later this afternoon, just W/SW of Tasmania (see below). More in the Forecaster Notes.

A large, powerful Southern Ocean low is tracking south of Tasmania. It’s quite an impressive system and even though it’ll be aimed outside of our swell window tomorrow morning as it clears east of Tasmanian longitudes, we’ll see a healthy percentage of southerly groundswell spread up the East Coast. More in the Forecaster Notes.

A tropical system near Fiji around Monday will slowly evolve into a decent swell generating system through the week. More in the Forecaster Notes. 

A complex series of powerful lows will develop south of the continent over the weekend, migrating through our near swell window into the start of next week and delivering a period of very large, windy surf for the state.