Byron Ballina Lennox Surf Report

Head to the beach!

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ADVICE - Severe intensity heatwave: NSW Ambulance has extended the Advice warning for severe-intensity heatwave conditions affecting:
• Mid North Coast
• Northern Rivers
• Northern Tablelands
Severe-intensity heatwave conditions remain across the north of the state. Temperatures forecast to reach the mid-30s, with overnight temperatures remaining high.
Locations likely to be impacted include Ballina, Byron Bay, Dorrigo, Grafton, Lismore, Murwillumbah, Taree, Tweed Heads and Yamba.
Stay informed, monitor conditions, and be ready to take action if conditions change.
Tips to stay safe:
• Stay hydrated and avoid outdoor activities during the hottest parts of the day.
• Check on vulnerable family members, neighbours, and friends.
• Keep your home cool and ensure you have a plan if conditions worsen.
Call Triple Zero (000) if you or someone else is showing signs of heatstroke or heat-related illnesses.
For the latest heatwave warnings and advice, visit the NSW Ambulance website.
Stay updated with official weather warnings from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).

⚠️Right, so you all saw the supercell with 8cm hail smash a long damage path last night... Well even bigger more frequent storms are forecast this afternoon and this evening for SEQLD & NENSW!

🔴A surface trough will inject a very hot and humid Westerly airmass along the ranges onto the coast initially during the day. A South Easterly wind change will move North along the NENSW coast as a North Easterly afternoon Sea Breeze front develops which will create a triple point wind convergence. This triple point wind convergence progresses Northwards into SEQLD during the afternoon.
🔴A warm air inversion (CAP) in the low levels will suppress or lid most storm development until midday with break thresholds likely to be achieved from 12pm onwards - especially in NENSW first then into SEQLD. (NOTE: Extreme mid level instability is generating a few high based morning storms in NENSW). Wind shear both speed and directional thresholds through the low to mid levels support the development of mesocyclones (Supercells).

🔴Rapid severe storm development is expected through inland / range areas of NENSW and SEQLD at first with nuclear type cells producing large hail, damaging winds and heavy rainfall in their early stages. A number of these cells will intensify further onto the coastal plain to become Super-cellular producing Giant Hail up to 10cms, Destructive Winds up to 150km/h & Very Intense Rainfall. Storm activity will track North East with some cells tracking in a more Northerly direction riding the wind boundary / triple point. Conditions are generally unfavourable for any tornadoes however one or two can't be completely ruled out being attached to a meso.

🔴So from Grafton to Maryborough including the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Moreton, Hinterland & Valleys, Ranges and possibly just west of the ranges ARE ALL "AREAS" AT RISK. Not everyone will get hit, but you might! That’s the way it rolls…

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OMG check out the insane structure on this supercell thunderstorm currently located at Bangalow NSW (West of Byron Bay) sent in by HSC follower Matthew.

Act fast do something

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Matt and Team at Bombora, Balangan holding the torch for bleeding control in the Buikit, Bali, Indonesia.
Photo after bleeding control training session.
If life threatening bleeding is identified (pooling or spurting blood) Act fast do something, Stop Tbe Bleed ASAP, then maintain, resuscitate calling for help after bleeding is stopped or simultaneously if a team effort has extra people available.

Big cyclone season ahead

A collapsed hospital roof, 200km/h winds and widespread flooding have marked the long night Territorians endured.

Stay Safe, flooding, massive swell, dangerous winds.

https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/

Northern Rivers severe weather
Prepare now
Advice

The NSW SES advises people in the following area(s) to PREPARE NOW for forecast :

- Tweed Heads
- Murwillumbah
- Mullumbimby
- Byron Bay
- Kyogle
- Nimbin
- Lismore
- Lennox Head
- Ballina
- Casino
- Woodburn
- Maclean
- Yamba

What are we expecting?

The Bureau of Meteorology advises that Tropical Cyclone Alfred will continue moving towards the southeast today, slightly away from the Queensland coast before slowing down and turning westward, towards the Queensland coast on Tuesday.

Alfred is currently a category 1 cyclone but is expected to intensify to a category 2 cyclone tonight. It is likely to maintain a category 2 intensity as it approaches the southeast Queensland coast late on Thursday.

People between Sandy Cape in Queensland and Grafton in New South Wales should consider what action they will need to take if the cyclone threat increases.

Severe coastal hazards, including abnormally high tides and hazardous surf are expected to continue over northeastern New South Wales coasts, deteriorating further as Alfred begins to move towards the coast from Tuesday onwards. A large and powerful to potentially damaging easterly swell is forecast to extend to northern New South Wales coast today.

Gales with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 120 kilometres per hour are expected to develop along northeastern New South Wales coastal and island communities between the Queensland border and Grafton during Wednesday.

Heavy rainfall is forecast for northeastern New South Wales from Wednesday as Alfred approaches the coast. HEAVY to locally INTENSE RAINFALL which may lead to DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING near and south of the system centre as Alfred approaches and crosses the coast late on Thursday.

This event may change quickly. NSW SES will monitor the situation and update warnings if the situation changes.

View the full warning: https://hazardwatch.gov.au/a/zw016V

Download the Hazards Near Me App and set up ‘Watch Zones’ to receive warnings in real time. https://www.nsw.gov.au/emergency/hazards-near-me-app

For emergency assistance during a flood, storm or tsunami, call the NSW SES on 132 500. In a life-threatening emergency, call Triple Zero (000).

Post current at 12:44pm on Monday 3rd March 2025.

A lot of water moving, but if you’re in the right spot at the right time…barrel photo sequence.

When the celestials line up on a dark moon, the east coast and the west coast have cyclones tracking down and one more out near Fiji, the resulting confusion takes a while for magic to translate in the ocean that everyone can understand. Like the spirits of old friends, magic shifts around like lightning and the magic within us all.
The surf would look good today if you had done time out on the edge of the desert. Colliding swells from different directions and residual wind effects.
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