South Australian Forecast (issued Wednesday 25th November)

Best Days: Friday morning keen surfers down South and on the Mid, Saturday morning South Coast, Sunday morning keen surfers South Coast, Monday morning exposed breaks South Coast

Recap

Offshore winds and a strong S/SW groundswell yesterday to 3-5ft across Middleton with bigger sets at more exposed breaks. Sea breezes created average conditions into the afternoon. The Mid Coast ebbed and pulsed between 1-2ft, with the morning offering the cleanest conditions.

Today the surf appeared to be a bit smaller this morning down South but since there are some solid sets pushing in across the coast with favourable offshore winds. The Mid Coast is tiny and bumpy with a building N/NW windswell along with increasing N/NW winds.

This week and weekend (Nov 26 - 29)

South Coast: An onshore change due across the South Coast this evening will be linked to the final strong polar front pushing up through our swell window under the influence of a node (peak) of the Long Wave Trough.

A fetch of weakening strong to gale-force S/SW winds will produce a large S/SW groundswell which should build through tomorrow afternoon and peak late to 5-6ft at Middleton and 6-8ft at Waits and Parsons along with other exposed breaks. Winds will be poor and fresh to strong from the W/SW tending SW leaving no decent surfing options.

Friday will see winds ease but conditions are still looking dicey. Hopefully we'll see morning W'ly breezes, with plenty of solid S/SW swell in the mix to 4-5ft+ at Middleton and 6-8ft at Waits and Parsons.

The weekend is looking better as the S/SW swell slowly eases, dropping back from 3-4ft at Middleton and 4-5ft at Waits, down more noticeably Sunday.

Light variable tending offshore winds are expected Saturday morning, with afternoon onshores, and then light S/SW winds Sunday which will increase through the day.

Mid Coast: The front pushing up into us today and tomorrow should kick up 2ft sets across the Mid through tomorrow, with a drop from 1-1.5ft Friday, backing off further from 1ft Saturday.

Conditions tomorrow look bumpy with S/SW breezes, then Friday should see an early S/SE breeze. Light variable winds Saturday and Sunday mornings will create clean conditions.

Next week onwards (Nov 30 onwards)

South Coast: Unfortunately just as winds go properly offshore from the N/NE Monday morning, the swell will bottom out with Waits and Parsons the only chance for a surf with 2ft+ sets.

Tuesday morning should be clean and around a similar size, but an onshore change is due into the afternoon just as a new SW groundswell fills in. This swell won't provide too much in the size department, but into Wednesday a larger close-range SW swell is due from a strong low pushing into us. More on this Friday though.

Mid Coast: Tiny to flat conditions are due to continue through Monday and Tuesday, with later Tuesday and Wednesday seeing building swell from the approaching low which we'll discuss further on Friday.