Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 16th July)

Best Days: This afternoon, tomorrow morning for the desperate

Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)

• Fading SE swell tomorrow with N/NW winds, tiny thereafter

Recap

Fun levels of S/SE-SE swell yesterday, easing slowly through today with northern corners offering the cleanest conditions.

Straight sets but swell this arvo

This week and next (Aug 17 - 25)

Unfortunately there's not much to talk about at all this forecast period. We're expected to see the current S/SE-SE swell energy that spread off a stalling low between us and New Zealand, weakening through tomorrow with fading 1-2ft sets left across northern corners. Therefore get a surf in this afternoon/evening.

Conditions look clean though with persistent N/NW winds.

The synoptic setup looks unfavourable as the low clears to the east, with a flurry of zonal frontal activity due to set up over the coming fortnight.

This means that any swell arriving from the Southern Ocean will be too west to wrap up and into us.

There's some chance for some small sideband energy next weekend as one of the fronts broaches the Tasman Sea, but we'l review this Friday.