Category: Weather
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SURF REPORT: FEBRUARY 9, 2017
There have been some epic, point break waves this week, protected from the southerly winds. Things should only get better as the winds will ease. The swell will remain solid during Friday, before easing off over the weekend.
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WEATHER: MONSTER SWELL TO CONTINUE
PHOTO: Jennifer Alto snapped this storm at Nobbys Beach. Cyclone Blanche is now back to a tropical low and will make her way across the Kimberley moving back out to sea. The low in the east will maintain its strength in the Tasman. Scattered showers will continue to roll in along the coast. The large dangerous seas…
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LARGE DANGEROUS SWELL TO LAST ALL WEEK
The two main features are the cyclone in the north and the intense East Coast Low in the Tasman. The low offshore is big and will be slow moving. This will generate a very large, dangerous swell and maintain the strong southerly winds along the coast. It will remaining fine inland.
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SURF REPORT MARCH 3
There’s going to be some nice waves tomorrow morning after the low on the northern NSW and SE QLD coasts. Conditions are going to be variable as the ECL low forms. There’s going to be some solid swell early next week as the low fully forms and then pulls away from the coast.
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WEATHER: ECL TO FORM
PHOTO: Oldie but a goldie, taken by Ross Delaforce. It became very overcast along the Coast from Newcastle to Bega as the ECL formed producing some heavy down pours. Very unusual to have a high pressure belt like this begin to form so far south over the southern ocean. The east coast low will deepen over…
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WEATHER: MIXED BAG OF WEATHER FOR REGION
From towering Cumulonimbus clouds to gaping blue holes – that has been the situation over the region today. It is all thanks to a very humid atmosphere thanks to a near stationary trough sitting just off the east coast. This trough will make for unstable skies so storms will remain possible. This is going to…
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SURF SHOT: MARCH 2, 2017
Check out today’s surf shot from the Cowrie Hole in Newcastle.
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WEATHER: WET END TO SUMMER FOR MANY
PHOTO: Judy Butler snapped this sunset over Tuncurry Beach. Moist onshore winds and a deepening trough over the east coast will make sure summer ends under cloudy rain bearing skies with storm development likely. Most of the rain will fall along the northern NSW coast. Scattered shower will make it past the Divide falling on the…
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WEEKEND SURF REPORT
We have a small swell to begin with but as the weekend rolls on the swell will increase but so to the onshore SE winds. Quality is going to be poor but by Sunday we should have enough swell to get into most southern point breaks along the east coast.
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A COOL WET END TO A VERY HOT SUMMER
Summer is drawing to a close. It was a record breaker but over the weekend things are going to change. Moist onshore winds and a near stationary inland trough will make for cooler conditions with increased cloud and rain which will settle in significantly east of the Divide next week. Falls inland west of the…