Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 15th March)

Best Days: Tomorrow, Friday, Sunday morning southern corners

Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)

• Inconsistent small-mod sized NE tending E/NE swell building tomorrow, easing slowly Fri
• Varying winds tomorrow and Fri so read below
• Fading swell Sat with strong N/NW tending N/NE winds
• Small N/NE swell Sun with S/SE tending SE winds

Recap

Small, easing S'ly sets yesterday, while today we've got 2ft of N/NE swell with offshore tending SE winds.

This week and weekend (Mar 16 - 19)

Our fun pulse of NE tending E/NE swell for tomorrow and Friday morning is on track, with the weak but persistent low in the Tasman Sea delivering 4-5ft sets across southern NSW today.

We should see the swell arriving tomorrow and building to 3ft+ through the afternoon (4ft sets likely on the magnets), though inconsistent, with the morning coming in at 2-3ft.

Friday morning should still be 2-3ft, easing only slowly with 1-2ft leftovers in Saturday morning.

Conditions tomorrow will change through the day with a gusty, morning N/NW breeze due to shift W/NW later morning/early afternoon ahead of a S/SE change mid-late afternoon that only looks to reach just north of Bicheno.

Friday will then be clean with W'ly winds ahead of sea breezes in southern locations, likely NW towards the north after lunch. Strong N/NW tending N/NE winds are due on Saturday as the swell eases.

Saturday's winds are likely to kick up 2ft of N/NE windswell for Sunday and a trough will bring S/SE-E winds, favouring southern corners as it eases. Longer term another pulse of NE swell ahead of a S change is likely mid-week, but more on this Friday.