Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Guy Dixon (issued Monday 7th March)

Best Days: Wednesday morning.

Recap: 

Not much in the surf department over the weekend, just small dribbles int he 1-2ft range, with a slight kick on Saturday afternoon. Sunday definitely delivered in terms of quality however, with northwesterly breezes persisting until mid-late morning.

This week (Tuesday 8th - Friday 11th):

The northeastern swell windows are what we’re interested in this week, with all other swells not favouring eastern Tasmania.

A blocking ridge has been set up over the Tasman for quite some time now, steering a moderate northeasterly breeze along the NSW coast, strongest along the South Coast. 

After weakening and intensifying periodically throughout the past few days, we are in for a lull on Tuesday, with open beaches fading back to the 1ft range as the tail end background energy fills in. Not to worry, a less than favourable east/southeasterly breeze looks to swing around to the northeast throughout the day so conditions will be lacking anyway.

This fetch does look to redevelop and intensify during the day on Tuesday however, extending from the NSW coast, across Bass Strait to northern Tassie, although very brief.

By Tuesday afternoon, the southern extension of this fetch looks to push offshore, resulting in swell generation becoming significantly limited.

Nevertheless, we can expect a northeasterly windswell to peak on Wednesday afternoon at around 2-3ft on the sets across the open beaches under a northwesterly breeze until early afternoon.

From this stage, the northeasterly fetch looks to retreat back to the NSW coast, providing only hints of energy for the days to come.

As a ridge builds over the Tasman, virtually all swell windows look to have a short hiatus, with he exception of a southerly swell which looks to build across the exposed south swell magnets on Thursday following a cut-off low is due to pass south of Tassie later on Wednesday.

The alignment of the main swell generating fetches are far from ideal, but the magnets still have the potential to pick up options in the 1-2ft range. By this stage, a light onshore breeze should be increasing throughout the day, leading to conditions of variable quality.