Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 30th December)
Best Days: Wednesday morning, Friday in protected spots, Saturday morning, Sunday morning, Monday morning
Recap
Saturday saw fun waves across the coast as a new SW swell filled in under offshore E/SE winds. The swell backed off through yesterday with average S'ly winds.
Today a strong new SW groundswell has filled in across the state, building from 4ft early to an easy 6-8ft in the South West and from a tiny 1ft around Perth to a bigger 2ft this afternoon. Gero also increased in size but winds S/SE-SE winds limited the best surf to semi-protected spots.
This week (Dec 30 – Jan 3)
Today's strong pulse of SW groundswell should peak this evening across most spots, although Gero will see a peak overnight/maybe even dawn before a drop in size during tomorrow.
Winds will be average though with a early S'ly expected to swing onshore during the morning as a cold front pushes across the bottom of the state.
This will bring with it a moderate increase in W/SW swell Wednesday with light variable SE winds around Margs and Perth but S'ly winds around Gero.
A larger W/SW groundswell is on the cards for Friday as a strong polar front directs a fetch of SW gales up and into us during the middle of this week (pictured right). A peak to 6-8ft is expected Friday afternoon in the South West with 2-3ft waves in Perth and 4-5ft surf up at Gero but with onshore S'ly winds.
This weekend onwards (Jan 4 onwards)
The weekend's looking great with a slow drop in swell from Friday but with more favourable offshore winds. A small-moderate SW swell is on the cards for Monday but we'll see how this pans out on Wednesday.
Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 30th December)
Best Days: Wednesday morning, Friday in protected spots, Saturday morning, Sunday morning, Monday morning
Recap
Saturday saw fun waves across the coast as a new SW swell filled in under offshore E/SE winds. The swell backed off through yesterday with average S'ly winds.
Today a strong new SW groundswell has filled in across the state, building from 4ft early to an easy 6-8ft in the South West and from a tiny 1ft around Perth to a bigger 2ft this afternoon. Gero also increased in size but winds S/SE-SE winds limited the best surf to semi-protected spots.
This week (Dec 30 – Jan 3)
Today's strong pulse of SW groundswell should peak this evening across most spots, although Gero will see a peak overnight/maybe even dawn before a drop in size during tomorrow.
Winds will be average though with a early S'ly expected to swing onshore during the morning as a cold front pushes across the bottom of the state.
This will bring with it a moderate increase in W/SW swell Wednesday with light variable SE winds around Margs and Perth but S'ly winds around Gero.
This weekend onwards (Jan 4 onwards)
The weekend's looking great with a slow drop in swell from Friday but with more favourable offshore winds. A small-moderate SW swell is on the cards for Monday but we'll see how this pans out on Wednesday.