South Australian Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 6th February)

Best Days: No good days this week, swell magnets for desperate surfers Wednesday morning and Saturday morning

Recap

Great waves all weekend down South with a good swell and offshore winds for the most part. The Mid Coast was tiny.

A late onshore change yesterday strengthened overnight, creating terrible conditions this morning down South, while the Mid remained tiny.

This week (Feb 7 – 10)

The coming week isn't too flash at all. We're looking at a typical summer week of small swells and generally onshore winds.

A surface trough off the East Coast will squeeze a strong high passing under is, directing strong S/SE winds into the South Coast this afternoon and evening, tending more E/SE through tomorrow morning.

This will produce building levels of S/SE windswell this afternoon, easing from tomorrow, but conditions will remain poor.

Most locations are due to come in around a junky 2ft or so, easing through the day.

Wednesday is then expected to be tiny with 1ft waves off Middleton and maybe 1-2ft waves at Waits and Parsons but with a NE offshore will create clean conditions.

Come Thursday another surface trough moving across us early morning will bring S/SE winds through Thursday and building levels of windswell, peaking Friday morning as SE winds persist.

The Mid Coast through this period isn't due to see any surfable size until Friday, when a small spike in W/SW swell is due to 1ft or so from the early stages of the trough south of the Bight.

This weekend onwards (Feb 11 onwards)

A small pulse of distant SW groundswell is expected on Saturday across the state, and winds will be better, swinging light offshore from the NE through the morning. Only a small 2ft wave is expected off Middleton, with tiny 0.5ft waves on the Mid.

Longer term some better SW groundswell is due Sunday through early next week but a strong high moving in from the west will bring strong S/SE winds.