Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 28th August)

Best Days: Friday, Saturday morning south swell magnets

Recap

Nothing of note the last two days with some fun swell to come.

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This week and weekend (Aug 29 – Sep 1)

A relatively weak but broad front that's currently pushing across the state should produce a small pulse of S'ly swell for tomorrow to the 2ft range across the south swell magnets, tiny to flat elsewhere. This swell is a little flukey so keep your expectations low.

Of greater importance is the stronger trailing and more southerly positioned polar front, with a great fetch of W/SW gales being generated through our southern swell window.

A good pulse of S'ly groundswell is due off this system, peaking Friday but also offering some fun size Saturday morning.

South swell magnets should see 3-4ft waves Friday morning, easing a touch later and then down from 2ft to possibly 3ft Saturday morning tiny into the afternoon.

Looking at the local winds and a morning W/SW breeze will shift E/NE-NE tomorrow afternoon, not ideal, with better W/NW tending N/NW winds on Friday with the peak in groundswell.

Saturday then looks to see N/NW winds all day favouring the south magnets and producing a tiny weak windswell for Sunday.

Longer term the weak Tasman Low looks just that and a bit too far north for us to generate any meaningful swell.

More on this Friday.