A weak ridge up the sub-tropics has a lighter E’ly flow with stronger N-NE winds developing south of the border. We’ll see this pattern with increasing NE windswell on the MNC and some workable trade swell in the sub-tropics.
The end of the week will offer OK waves for the keen down South, fun inside the gulf on the weekend.
The pattern established on Mon is now well entrenched with a slow moving high in the Tasman slowly being squeezed on the western flank by approaching trough systems. A weak ridge up the sub-tropics has a lighter E’ly flow with stronger N-NE winds south of the MNC down to the South Coast. We’ll see this pattern with increasing NE windswell in Central NSW and some workable trade swell in the sub-tropics. A strong frontal progression is expected to provide a series of S swells next week.
Fun pulses of swell with favourable morning winds will pad out the end of the week. Plenty of swell is due next week but with dicey winds.
Fun swell for early next week that's worth making the most of.
A slowly developing tradewind flow in the Coral Sea will see a small E’ly swell signal become workable through the week, with signs we’ll see a perk up in size late this weekend and early next week.
The high initially weakens with a lighter onshore flow before re-strengthening as it approaches New Zealand and has the pressure gradient tightened on the western flank by the complex trough systems. That will produce a N’ly flow, expected to increase as the week goes on with increasing NE windswell late in the week and early weekend.
Light morning winds and small swell pulses should provide fun surf options.
Surf-wise the tradewind fetch will be chugging away and like all tradewind fetches once we get a fully developed sea state we should see an improvement in size and quality.
All is on track for a fun swell late week, improving while easing on the weekend.
