Eastern Tasmania Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 31st August)

Best Days: Tuesday morning, Wednesday, Thursday morning, Sunday morning

Recap

Large building stormy S/SE swell through Saturday with protected spots offering good waves into the afternoon. Sunday was still solid and in the 6-8ft range, with protected spots performing best again.

Today the swell was back to the 3-4ft range with winds limiting options to protected spots.

This week and weekend (Sep 1 – Sep 6)

The broad fetch of E/SE gales responsible for our current swell episode is currently weakening, but through today winds remained in the strong to gale-force range, aimed towards us.

This fetch will weaken slowly through this evening and then push north and away from our swell window as the broad low moves north.

Still, a good pulse of E/SE groundswell is due tomorrow, from today's activity with open beaches due to see 5-6ft waves most of tomorrow, easing really slowly through Wednesday from 4-5ft. The swell will drop further Thursday but a final pulse of E'ly groundswell is due through the morning, generated by a fetch of severe-gale E'ly winds exiting New Zealand's Cook Strait this evening.

This should produce a strong but inconsistent E'ly groundswell pulse for the morning to 3ft+ across open beaches, easing through the afternoon and down from a small 1-2ft Friday.

Conditions will improve from tomorrow, with an early W/SW breeze due to swing SE through the morning, and then W/NW tending N/NW breezes Wednesday. Thursday should be clean still with a morning W'ly but a weak S/SE'ly is due into the afternoon. Friday will play out similarly but with a stronger S'ly change into the afternoon.

Friday's change will produce a small kick in S'ly windswell for Saturday to 3-4ft or so across south facing beaches but with with average winds.

Sunday will be the day to surf with easing levels of S/SE swell with N'ly winds.

Longer term there's nothing to major on the cards, so make the most of the coming days of swell.