South Australian Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 7th August)

Best Days:

Recap

Good fun waves across the South Coast Saturday with a new swell and offshore winds, strong and blustery into the afternoon. The Mid Coast saw messy 2ft waves, building into the afternoon with the wind.

Sunday morning the W/SW swell was yet to hit truly with OK waves in protected spots down South and messy 3ft waves on the Mid. Into the afternoon a solid stormy increase in swell was seen across both locations but you'd have to be desperate to head out there.

This morning the vigorous front linked to the swell has continued east resulting in easing surf with onshore winds across both coasts.

This week and weekend (Aug 8 - 13)

Yesterday afternoon's and this morning's W/SW swell will drop out over the coming days, with the intense mid-latitude low linked to it moving off to the east this morning.

Conditions will clean right up across the South Coast tomorrow with a N/NW offshore, light from the N'th across the Mid Coast. Middleton is likely to be in the 2-3ft range early, small into the afternoon and tiny Wednesday with fresh N/NE winds.

The Mid Coast is due to fade back from the 1ft to nearly 2ft during the morning, tiny Wednesday.

Thursday will remain tiny down South, but a broad and intense mid-latitude low moving in from the west will direct strengthening NW tending W/NW winds across us, kicking up a poor windswell to 1-1.5ft on the Mid.

The mid-latitude low itself will direct a flurry of W/SW gales through our western and then south-western swell windows through Thursday and Friday, generating some new W/SW groundswell for Friday afternoon and SW swell for Saturday morning.

The Mid Coast should build to 2ft to possibly 3ft Friday afternoon but with gusty W/NW winds, while the South Coast is only due to increase late to a similar 3ft.

The best pulse is expected on Saturday morning for the South Coast with solid sets in the 4ft range under current predictions. The Mid Coast is likely to drop back to 2ft, and with NW winds, the South Coast is the pick.

After this we're looking at persistent W/NW winds across the South Coast with small levels of W/SW swell, but more on this Wednesday.