SURF FORECAST

Marginal E windswell continues to run at about 2ft plus across exposed areas from Tuesday to Thursday before dwindling to tiny levels by Friday. Expect near-flat conditions to persist throughout Saturday and most of Sunday, preceding the onset of a new, potentially solid S to SSE swell-event from Monday to Wednesday.

TODAY

Minor E windswell around 2ft+ along exposed breaks, grading smaller inside the points and bays. Mixing with small S groundswell at similar levels across northern NSW south facing breaks. WIND: Early light land-breezes tending S 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.

TOMORROW

Fading E tradewind swell persists around 2ft+ exposed breaks, grading to 1 to 2ft max inside the points and bays and dwindling later. Mixing with long-range S groundswell at 2 to 3ft+ northern NSW exposed breaks, grading smaller elsewhere. WIND: Early light WNW tending N during the day and freshening from 10 to 20 knots later.

FRIDAY

Mix of smaller-scale ENE and S swells to 1 to 2ft exposed breaks, grading to tiny/ near flat along the points and inside the bays. WIND: Early NW to WNW tending W 15 to 25 knots, possibly WSW later.

SATURDAY

Tiny ENE and SSE swells around 1ft exposed breaks, otherwise virtually flat. WIND: W 10 to 20 knots.

SUNDAY

Continued tiny to flat conditions under moderate offshore winds. Clean 0.5 to 1ft at exposed beaches, grading flat elsewhere. Potential rise in south groundswell across exposed Northern NSW beaches in the afternoon. WIND: WSW to SW, 10 to 20 knots. KEEP UP TO DATE: DOWNLOAD THE COASTALWATCH ‘SURF CHECK’ APP