Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 23rd December)

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Best Days: North facing beaches Monday afternoon, Thursday

Recap

Tiny waves yesterday but today a very inconsistent NE trade-swell should have been sen across magnets.

This weekend and next week (Dec 24 - 30)

Our swell window will be dominated by swell out of the north-east for the coming period.

Inconsistent levels of NE trade-swell should persist tomorrow and Sunday to 1-2ft at swell magnets, but some more consistent NE windswell will start to develop tomorrow afternoon, holding Sunday before becoming bigger into next week.

This will be due to a persistent fetch of NE winds off our coast from tomorrow afternoon, strengthening overnight Sunday, retreating through Monday as a S'ly change moves through.

This change will be temporary though, with E/NE winds due to establish again through Tuesday and Wednesday, feeding into a low drifting south of South Australia.

What we should see is 3ft of NE windswell Monday, possibly a little stronger through the day with N/NW winds ahead of a S'ly change.

Tuesday will then be small and onshore with a mix of easing NE windswell, S'ly windswell from the change, and new increase in E'ly windswell from the strengthening E'ly fetch.

More size and power should be seen Wednesday to 3-4ft but with onshore winds.

The biggest increase in NE windswell is likely Thursday as the fetch off our coast strengthens ahead of a NW change. North facing beaches are due to come in around 3-4ft+, cleaning up through the day.

We'll have another look at this Monday though. Have a Merry Christmas and great weekend!