South Australian Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 11th May)

Best Days: South Coast Monday morning, Mid Coast Wednesday

Recap

Poor building stormy surf across both coasts through the day, largest but out of control on the South Coast and semi-stormy on the Mid.

This morning the swell has dropped back a bit across both coasts, though the South Coast is still large and out of control, while the Mid Coast was a bit cleaner but back to 1ft to occasionally 2ft.

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This week and weekend (May 12 – 18)

These notes will be brief as Ben's on holidays.

The weekend will be poor with easing levels of S'ly windswell with slowly easing S/SE winds, still strong through tomorrow. This will be related to the severe low off the East Coast slowly weakening over the coming days, but still making its presence felt across the south-east of the country.

The Mid Coast will be clean but tiny and only in the 1ft range.

A new inconsistent and long-range W/SW groundswell is due Sunday across the state, easing Monday, generated in the southern Indian Ocean this week (our far swell window).

This should provide inconsistent 1ft waves on the Mid Coast Sunday, easing Monday while the South Coast may see inconsistent 2-3ft sets off Middleton Sunday, easing from 2ft Monday.

Winds will finally improve Monday and tend variable from the E/NE-NE, favouring both coasts, while come Tuesday morning, the swell will bottom out with a light morning W/NW breeze, tending S/SE into the afternoon as a trough and strong high move in from the west.

Into Wednesday a new mix of W/SW and SW groundswells are due, the least consistent and smallest being generated by a strong mid-latitude front that's currently projecting towards WA, while a more consistent SW swell is due from a polar fetch of severe-gale W/NW winds well south of the country over the weekend.

The Mid Coast looks to benefit the most with fun sets to 2ft on the favourable parts of the tide, while Middleton looks to come in around 3ft. E/SE winds are expected, reverting back to the S/SE Thursday as the swell eases.

Later week we're looking at a good new long-period S/SW groundswell for the South Coast, but winds look to linger onshore, more on this Monday. Have a great weekend!