Eastern Tasmania Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 2nd July)

Best Days: Friday, Saturday morning, Monday morning, Tuesday in protected northern corners

Recap

Wave heights dipped back temporarily yesterday morning, but a fresh pulse of S'ly swell should of kicked into the afternoon.

Today the swell backed off again and we'll see a further drop in size through tomorrow, so I hope you made the most of it.

This week onwards (Jul 3 onwards)

Today's S'ly swell should ease back through tomorrow, but into Friday a fun pulse of SE groundswell is expected, generated by a strong polar low to the south of New Zealand today.

This swell should come in at an inconsistent 2ft to maybe 3ft across open beaches under fresh but easing W/NW winds.

The swell should then drop away into Saturday from an inconsistent 2ft. A small increase in S'ly swell may be seen through the day, but this probably won't be larger than the easing SE groundswell.

As we move into Sunday a weakening mid-latitude low is expected to move across us and into the Tasman Sea.

This should see a fetch of strong E'ly winds aimed towards us during the day, kicking up an afternoon increase in E'ly swell to 2ft across open beaches. More size is due into Monday though as the stationary fetch of E'ly winds continue through Sunday evening and Monday before swinging NE and out of our swell window into Tuesday.

Open beaches should build to 3ft+ Monday afternoon and then ease from 3ft or so on Tuesday.

Winds should be nice Monday and light offshore ahead of an afternoon NE'ly, with Tuesday seeing less favourable fresh N/NW winds down the coast.

Longer term there's nothing too major on the cards besides small levels of S'ly swell, but we'll review this again Friday.