Eastern Tasmania Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 11th September)

Best Days: Possible south swell magnets Sunday, later Monday, Tuesday morning, Thursday morning

Recap

Small clean easing S/SE swell yesterday, becoming tiny into this morning under offshores.

This weekend and next week (Sep 12 - 18)

We're looking at tiny surf tomorrow, with a small NE windrift possible down the coast, and then Sunday may see a small hint of S'ly groundswell from a strong but fast tracking front moving under us today. Only 1-2ft across south swell magnets is due with W/NW tending N'ly winds.

Monday's N/NE windswell is looking better with a broad and strong fetch of N/NE winds developing during Monday, kicking north-east facing beaches to 2-3ft into the afternoon as N'ly winds tend NW later in the day.

The swell should then ease from the 2ft range Tuesday as a weak S'ly change pushes through (so weak that early SW winds will swing S/SE and then N/NE late).

The better S'ly groundswell due into the second half of the week has been downgraded a touch, but a broad fetch of polar W'ly gales early next week should generate some small S'ly groundswell later Wednesday, Thursday, easing Friday.

South facing beaches should see infrequent 2-3ft sets through mainly Thursday and winds look favourable through the morning, with W'ly offshores ahead of a weak S/SE change.

Longer term a deepening surface trough moving off the NSW coast later next week may generate some good E/NE swell from the following week, but we'll review this again Monday. Have a great weekend!