Very La Niña-esque synoptic pattern with a strong 1035hPa high sitting in the Tasman directing an E’ly flow into a coastal trough stretched from Central QLD to the South Coast NSW.

We’re on the backside of this most recent pulse and wave heights will continue to ease through Thursday and Friday. But.. I'm really not feeling it for the weekend any more.

We’ll see the E’ly flow continue to develop in the Northern Tasman and Coral Seas through this week, with swells from that E-NE quadrant building through this short term period under an onshore flow.

The dominant player is a massive high moving through the Bight and expected to drift over and eastwards of Tasmania tomorrow to occupy the Tasman for most of the week.

The first will nose into Storm Bay early Tuesday, but probably not show properly until lunch time, with a second swell filling in behind on Wednesday.

The early stages of these fronts have generated some new groundswell that will slowly build in size through Thursday (starting off small) and then into Friday ahead of a peak in size on Saturday ...

The dominant player is a massive high moving through the Bight and expected to drift over and eastwards of Tasmania tomorrow to occupy the Tasman for most of the week.

A deepening, complex polar low then spins off multiple fronts all slingshotting NE on an active sea state.

South-east Queensland and Northern NSW Forecast by Steve Shearer (issued Fri August 15th) Features of the Forecast (tl;dr) Fun sized E/SE swell up a notch Sat, easing a notch Sun Winds shifting from ...

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The weekend will be windy and best in protected spots down South, with more options opening up into next week with a couple of fun new swells.

Sydney Hunter Illawarra Forecast by Steve Shearer (issued Fri August 15th) Features of the Forecast (tl;dr) E/SE swell easing through Sat with W-W/NW winds shifting W/SW-SW Modest bump in new S swell ...