Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 21st January)
Best Days: Thursday morning at exposed spots, Saturday morning
Recap
Saturday started off slow and clean ahead of a new SW groundswell arriving into the afternoon. Winds tended variable into the early afternoon opening up a window of fun waves at exposed spots, but it was Sunday that offered the best waves with a peak in groundswell and morning offshores.
Today the swell was down a touch across most spots (besides Gero) and winds were less than favourable in the South West.
This week (Feb 24 - 28)
There's not too much on the cards for this week, with the easing trend in swell expected to continue through tomorrow and into Wednesday morning.
A slight kick in S/SW groundswell is due in the South West Wednesday afternoon ahead of a peak on Thursday morning, and this will be the time to surf with a morning offshore E/NE breeze. Mandurah and Perth metro beaches aren't expected to see much from this swell, but Gero should see a kick in size Thursday afternoon.
Friday will be small but conditions will be great again during the morning.
This weekend onwards (Mar 1 onwards)
Our funky SW groundswell emanating off ex-Tropical Cyclone Guito is still on track for Saturday but the size is shifting around a bit depending on the formation of the deep and powerful low.
Late last week Tropical Cyclone Guito sitting between Madagascar and South Africa drifted south-east and then over the weekend was absorbed into the westerly storm track and is now moving south-east towards Heard Island.
Once this system moves just east of Heard Island tomorrow afternoon it's expected to deepen into a polar low and aim a fetch of severe-gale to storm-force W/SW winds through our swell window.
The positives regarding this system are the core fetch wind speeds to 35-55kt but the east-southeast track of the low will be less than ideal (pictured right).
We're probably looking at 6ft+ sets in the South West, 2ft waves around Perth and 3-5ft waves around Gero, but very inconsistent.
Winds are looking good early and from the NE, but a shift to the N'th will be seen during the morning, favouring some breaks over others.
Longer term there's a couple of follow up SW groundswells but not to the size of Saturday's, but we'll look at this again on Wednesday.
Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 21st January)
Best Days: Thursday morning at exposed spots, Saturday morning
Recap
Saturday started off slow and clean ahead of a new SW groundswell arriving into the afternoon. Winds tended variable into the early afternoon opening up a window of fun waves at exposed spots, but it was Sunday that offered the best waves with a peak in groundswell and morning offshores.
Today the swell was down a touch across most spots (besides Gero) and winds were less than favourable in the South West.
This week (Feb 24 - 28)
There's not too much on the cards for this week, with the easing trend in swell expected to continue through tomorrow and into Wednesday morning.
A slight kick in S/SW groundswell is due in the South West Wednesday afternoon ahead of a peak on Thursday morning, and this will be the time to surf with a morning offshore E/NE breeze. Mandurah and Perth metro beaches aren't expected to see much from this swell, but Gero should see a kick in size Thursday afternoon.
Friday will be small but conditions will be great again during the morning.
This weekend onwards (Mar 1 onwards)
Our funky SW groundswell emanating off ex-Tropical Cyclone Guito is still on track for Saturday but the size is shifting around a bit depending on the formation of the deep and powerful low.
Late last week Tropical Cyclone Guito sitting between Madagascar and South Africa drifted south-east and then over the weekend was absorbed into the westerly storm track and is now moving south-east towards Heard Island.
The positives regarding this system are the core fetch wind speeds to 35-55kt but the east-southeast track of the low will be less than ideal (pictured right).
We're probably looking at 6ft+ sets in the South West, 2ft waves around Perth and 3-5ft waves around Gero, but very inconsistent.
Winds are looking good early and from the NE, but a shift to the N'th will be seen during the morning, favouring some breaks over others.
Longer term there's a couple of follow up SW groundswells but not to the size of Saturday's, but we'll look at this again on Wednesday.