Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 8th February)

Best Days: Thursday, Friday morning, Saturday morning for small waves, similar Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at south magnets

Recap

Tiny waves yesterday, but early this morning the start of a new NE windswell was showing with onshore 1-2ft waves.

The swell should be currently building as a strengthening and broadening fetch of NE winds are aimed right down into our coast.

This week and weekend (Feb 9 - 12)

As touched on above, we're currently seeing a broadening and strengthening fetch of NE winds aimed into our coast, and this fetch is expected to reach a peak in intensity early tomorrow morning before moving east away from us with a change.

We should see solid 4-5ft waves across north-east facing beaches tomorrow morning with early N/NW winds, swinging more W/NW through the middle of the day ahead of a mid-afternoon S'ly change.

This will be along with an easing trend in swell but we should see the beaches turn on ahead of southern corners into the afternoon and evening.

Come Friday morning there isn't expected to be much NE swell with fading 2ft sets along with a variable breeze.

Through Saturday, our inconsistent E'ly pulse from the fetch over off New Zealand is still on the cards, with inconsistent 1-2ft sets due all day with morning offshores ahead of NE sea breezes. Sunday is then due to be tiny.

Next week onwards (Feb 13 onwards)

Into next week there's nothing too major on the cards.

A cold but relatively weak front pushing up across us on Sunday should produce a small S'ly swell for Monday, building to 2ft+ through the afternoon, holding Tuesday and Wednesday morning with a reinforcing and better aligned pulse.

Each morning clean conditions are due ahead of afternoon sea breezes.

Longer term there's nothing major on the cards, so make the most of the NE swell tomorrow.