A persistent tradewind fetch is in the process of resetting with a less favourable wind alignment and easing swells. No major swell sources on the radar so lets look at a few bits and pieces on offer this week.
Another large high (1034hPa) is currently moving offshore from Southern NSW into the Tasman, with a long, NW-SE angled trough now moving offshore and towards the North Islands. The remnants of a low/front near the South Island are lingering near the South Island through the short term with the next frontal system expected late this week. No major swell sources on the radar so lets look at a few bits and pieces on offer this week.
The coming period is more troughy and less frontal with fun swells and trickier winds.
We've got light winds and easing size over the coming days ahead of a moderate sized mid-period swell event from Sunday with varying winds.
Today and tomorrow will offer windy surf, better into Sunday/Monday.
No great change to the weekend f/cast. Current ASCAT (satellite windspeed) passes show a very healthy fetch of SE-E/SE tradewinds extending through the Central/Southern Coral Seas with plenty of fun E’ly tradewind swell expected over the weekend. Size in the 2-3ft range is expected and this should hold right through the weekend.
No great change to the weekend f/cast. A compact, robust low approaches from the W today and passes SE of the Island tomorrow. We’ll see small amounts of leftover NE windswell to 1-2ft get replaced by a small S swell of similar size.
The outlook is more positive with cleaner windows of surf in the South West along with decent sized pulses of swell.
Current ASCAT (satellite windspeed) passes show a very healthy fetch of SE-E/SE tradewinds extending through the Central/Southern Coral Seas with plenty of fun E’ly tradewind swell expected over the weekend.
We've got a less reliable period ahead with trickier swells and winds, but best down South generally.
