Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Guy Dixon (issued Monday 9th May)

Best Days: Tuesday, Wednesday afternoon and Thursday.

Recap: 

Hints of easterly trade-swell increased throughout Sunday afternoon and into today with sets in the 2-3ft range. Also in the mix today has been a more local northeasterly windswell, with conditions remaining clean under a northwesterly breeze which has dropped calm at times.

This week (Tuesday 10th - Friday 13th):

The coming week is looking dynamic to say the least with the Long Wave Trough becoming more active over our region.

Before we get into the details, a mix of easterly trade-swell and northeasterly windswell that has been breaking today will slowly fade, easing from the 2ft range on Tuesday, becoming small on and overshadowed by building southerly energy on Wednesday.

Conditions are likely to be clean on Tuesday with brisk west/northwesterly breezes persisting all day. 

Unfortunately, the majority of the frontal activity is moving locally in a zonal motion, so swell generation for eastern Tasmania is minimal.

Southwesterly trailing fetches off the back of the first particular frontal progression look to remain slow moving with core winds of 45-55 knots from Tuesday, before dipping southeast on Wednesday. 

South facing beaches should build to around 3-4ft on Wednesday afternoon, remaining clean under a gusty west/southwest, tending west/northwesterly airflow.

Weaker, elongated southerly fetches from the deep Southern Ocean on Wednesday and Thursday morning should slow an otherwise easing trend, maintaining a small amount of southerly energy across south facing beaches on Thursday with options in the 2-3ft range, fading slowly on Friday.

Offshore breezes will continue as a result of continued frontal activity, keeping conditions clean and groomed for the remainder of the week.

This weekend (Saturday 15th - Sunday 16th):

Frontal activity is expected to continue over the weekend, although maintaining a westward motion which will inhibit any decent swell generation. Not much to look forward to.