A trough and cold front are being rapidly shunted southwards by a blocking high which is moving NE into the sub-tropical Tasman and weakening. NW winds are still fresh and gusty across Bass Strait in response to a trough crossing the state, with further NW-W winds expected as another frontal system approaches over the weekend.
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freeride76
Friday, 28 July 2023
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/07/26/fresh-offshore-winds-small-swell-pulses-the
freeride76
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
A more compact but even stronger storm is right behind it, reaching peak strength halfway across the lower Tasman before slamming into the South Island. Fresh NW-W winds are then expected over the weekend before another series of fronts traverse the lower Tasman next week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/07/24/mostly-small-swells-around-the-compass-and
freeride76
Monday, 24 July 2023
Some powerful but zonal frontal activity will cross the far lower Tasman and send some long period S swell up the Tasman Sea pipe, some of which will wrap into NE part of Tasmania.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/07/21/some-fun-sessions-offer-over-the-weekend
freeride76
Friday, 21 July 2023
Sun still looks great. A Cook Strait fetch should generate a good pulse of E'ly swell, easing through the day.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/07/19/fun-run-waves-ahead
Craig
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
We've got a fun mix of SE and E swells for the coming period, worth making the most of.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/07/17/lots-swell-sources-week-and-wind-changes
freeride76
Monday, 17 July 2023
We’ll see quite a few wind change this week as a result and an upgrade in S-S/SE swell energy as the trough and front develop a handy fetch in the Tasman
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/07/14/fresh-nw-winds-small-ne-swells-continue
freeride76
Friday, 14 July 2023
More NE windswell is on the menu likely Thurs as a front approaches and N’ly winds freshen off Southern NSW.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/07/12/lots-offshore-wind-not-much-swell
freeride76
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Cold fronts are passing across the Island and the high pressure will now exert a blocking effect, steering fronts well away from the swell window or ensuring a zonal (W-E) flow through the end of the week and into the weekend.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/07/10/strong-offshore-winds-tiny-surf-week
freeride76
Monday, 10 July 2023
Another week begins with a classic winter El Niño pattern. High pressure over the continent with a W’ly flow being enhanced by a series of mobile fronts and parent lows, with tiny amounts of S swell wrap. Nothing of any size its expected due to the zonal and mobile nature of the fetches so you’ll need to find a swell magnet to find anything rideable.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2023/07/07/tasmania-blasted-strong-w-nw-winds-weekend-and
freeride76
Friday, 7 July 2023
We’re still expecting gale force NW winds to develop Sat, with a chance for N’ly windswell wrap into the NE of the Island.
