Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 2nd January)

Best Days: Desperate surfers south magnets tomorrow AM, early Saturday southern corners

Recap

Tiny surf yesterday and similar today.

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This week and weekend (Jan 3 - 6)

A small spike in S'ly swell is still due tomorrow morning, produced by a strong storm that's currently passing under us. South magnets should see 2ft sets but winds look dicey and generally onshore out of the E/NE, with some regions possibly offering small pockets of variable breezes at dawn.

We then look at our north-east windswell event into later Friday and more so Saturday and we've got an upgrade in the expected size.

A good broad fetch of strong N/NE winds are forecast to develop down the southern NSW coast and project closer to us Friday evening.

This should kick up a good 2-3ft of N/NE windswell for Saturday morning, easing into the afternoon as a surface trough brings a southerly change and cuts off the N/NE infeed.

Winds will be accordingly S/SE early Saturday, favouring southern corners before tending E/SE mid-morning and back to the NE through the afternoon. So surf early for the best conditions.

Sunday looks tiny though clean again with a leftover 1-1.5ft of NE swell.

Unfortunately the longer term outlook remains poor with just a small weak N/NE windswell on the cards for Tuesday. More on this Friday.