Return flow off the back of a retreating high is feeding N’ly winds into the trough line. We’re expecting a front to interact with the trough overnight Thurs to form a low pressure trough in the Tasman. This trough then absorbs another trough of low pressure moving south from the South Pacific islands to form a large area of low pressure near New Zealand
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/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/08/30/blast-s-swell-back-ne-swell-next-week
freeride76
Wednesday, 30 August 2023
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/08/28/ne-windswell-episodes-mixed-small-s-swell
freeride76
Monday, 28 August 2023
We’ve got a reasonably strong high (1032hPa) sitting in the Tasman, with NE winds aimed at Tasmania, slowly drifting NE and weakening as it does so over the next 36-48hrs with the last of a series of powerful storms tracking across the lower Tasman. In the absence of a high pressure ridge we’ll see N to NW’lies.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/08/25/fun-mixed-bag-weekend-ne-winds-swell-start-the
freeride76
Friday, 25 August 2023
We may see some more local E/NE swell to 2ft fill in as winds feed into a trough off the Gippsland coast which drifts down towards Flinders Island.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/08/23/increase-in-swell-energy-the-weekend-some
freeride76
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Storm force low pressure systems tracking under the continent are favouring Victoria for direct swell but we’ll see some long period swells refracting back into the East Tas coast this weekend from this source.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/08/21/not-much-rideable-surf-week-more-action-the
freeride76
Monday, 21 August 2023
The Tasman Sea is looking very benign to start the week with a large area of weak high pressure over the Eastern Seaboard and extending into the Tasman directing a weak N’ly flow down the South Coast of NSW. A weak front and trough will bring a wind change tomorrow but with no significant swell. Next week looks a little more active.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/08/18/only-marginal-swells-offer-the-very-keen
freeride76
Friday, 18 August 2023
No great change to the weekend outlook. Not much swell on offer unfortunately.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/08/16/fading-surf-becoming-effectively-flat
Craig
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Make the most of the current small swell before it fades.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/08/14/fun-pulses-sse-se-swell-over-the-next-couple
freeride76
Monday, 14 August 2023
A frontal system forming in the Tasman Fri into the weekend now looks much more of standard system compared to Fri but will still produce a workable S swell Sat.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/08/11/stalled-low-in-the-tasman-brings-few-pulses-s
freeride76
Friday, 11 August 2023
Those wind are associated with a low passing under the state and expected to stall in the Central/Eastern Tasman.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/08/09/few-small-bits-and-pieces-wth-stronger-swells
freeride76
Wednesday, 9 August 2023
High pressure (1031hPa) is slowly but surely moving into the Tasman in a NE direction, developing a N’ly flow extending from temperate NSW down to Bass Strait through today and tomorrow. The N’ly flow will be punctuated tomorrow by a cold front which brings W -SW’ly winds to the region and a small amount of S swell. A stronger frontal system now looks likely to be a bit delayed but stall nicely in the Eastern Tasman early next week and supply some useful E/SE swell.
