Results revealed that strong low-pressure systems (e.g., Tropical Cyclones and East Coast Lows) occurring off the Eastern Australian coast around 30°S are the dominant patterns triggering bypassing events in the study area. Four recent storm events that triggered headland bypassing were numerically simulated including waves, currents, sediment transport, and morphological evolution in order to identify the relevant weather types for the development of the sand pulse. For this, clustering techniques were used to identify 225 weather types that represent the daily atmospheric variability over the Coral-Tasman Seas. Hence, this study focuses on identifying the atmospheric systems and associated wave conditions that have triggered bypassing events in Fingal Head (New South Wales, Australia) over the last 33 years. Waves, in turn, are subject to atmospheric patterns and climate drivers. Headland Bypassing is mainly a wave-driven coastal process that interconnects sediment compartments and allows the continuity of the longshore sediment transport.
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