The South Coast will be the pick of the period with the cleanest conditions in this windy, frontal period.
A more typical winter pattern which we saw in June is set to return, with high pressure over the continent ridging against frontal activity with a W’ly flow extending right up to the sub-tropics. Residual S/SE groundswell pulses from the off axis fetch as it drifted slowly SE of the South Island will put a floor under wave heights before we see a fresh round of S swell early next week.
We've got an inconsistent, westerly swell due tomorrow followed by a downgrade in the weekend's swell.
Upgrade! Indonesia will see a significant, long-period S'ly groundswell to end off the week.
Inconsistent but fun pulses of S/SE swell with favourable winds.
We've got a good week of waves with light winds and pulses of south-southeast swell.
Poor conditions along with an XXL swell is due tomorrow, easing through Wednesday and Thursday. Windows for a clean wave will be limited.
Before we get to that point, we still need the developing S/SE swell to push through, reach a plateau and then slowly abate - which will happen overnight and then gradually through Tuesday.
The Long Wave Trough responsible for our current southerly swell regime is exiting New Zealand longitudes, though we’re still seeing strong polar activity off the ice shelf.
The roaring forties will roar to life with an extended run of large, windy swells on the way.
