It's a tricky weekend of waves ahead. But there are items worth monitoring.
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We’ve got a couple of small swells inbound over the next few days; a minor bump in size for Thursday and a slightly bigger pulse Friday.
Easing surf with favourable winds for the beaches the next two mornings ahead of some new swell later week as winds again favour the beaches.
A wide variety of swell sources this period but generally increasing slowly in size on the weekend and into early next week.
Lots of detail about flukey and tricky swell sources with no standout days this period.
Mix of smaller swells this week with favourable winds for the beaches over the coming days.
Small clean offerings on the Surf Coast this weekend, fun on the exposed beaches at stages through next week.
We'll see conditions improve across the beaches tomorrow but with a fading swell, bottoming out Friday. A new mix of swells are due into the weekend but with deteriorating local winds.
Make the most of today as windows of clean conditions with any size will be limited over the coming period.
We've got a run of east winds this period though Sunday morning looks to be the cleanest west of Melbourne with a new groundswell.