Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 8th July)

Best Days: South swell magnets tomorrow and Thursday, next week

Recap

The inconsistent E/NE trade-swell hung in all weekend with 2-3ft sets across north-east magnets, dropping this morning to 1-2ft.

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This week and weekend (Jul 9 - 14)

We're expected to see the E/NE swell continuing to drop tomorrow from an infrequent 1ft to maybe 2ft, but a new S'ly groundswell should be seen across the south swell magnets.

This was generated by a strengthening polar front on the weekend, late in our swell window.

We should see a small 2ft+ wave across the south magnets tomorrow, fading from 1-2ft on Wednesday along with favourable W/NW tending NW winds tomorrow and NW tending stronger N/NW winds Wednesday.

Into Thursday a small and inconsistent S/SE groundswell signal may be seen to 2ft across the magnets, generated by the storm linked to tomorrow's swell and winds will remain favourable though gusty out of the W/NW.

Following this there's nothing significant on the cards until early next week. A front pushing up and past us Saturday afternoon may produce a small S'ly windswell for Sunday morning, but of greater importance is a vigorous polar low that's forecast to project from under the state up and under us on the weekend.

A fetch of weakening SW gales will be generated to our south-east, moving up past us Monday, and a new S'ly groundswell should fill in Monday. Size is a little tricky to nailed down at the moment but we'll hopefully see 3-5ft sets at south magnets, with a possible follow up swell Tuesday/Wednesday. More on this in the next update though.