South Australian Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday July 31st)

Best Days: Both coasts tomorrow, South Coast Friday, Mid Coast Saturday afternoon and Sunday, South Coast Sunday

Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)

• Mod-large W/SW groundswell for later today, easing tomorrow with E/NE tending NE and then N/NW winds on the Mid, N/NE tending NE down South
• Easing swell Fri with N/NE tending N/NW-NW winds
• Moderate sized W/SW swell for later Sat, peaking Sun with light, local offshore winds and weak sea breezes Sat
• Light, local offshore winds Sun, tending variable
• Small SW swell for later Mon, peaking Tue AM with local offshore winds

Recap

The Mid Coast offered tiny surf yesterday, increasing a little into the afternoon with a new W/SW swell, holding 1-2ft this morning with workable light winds. The South Coast has been clean and to 2ft on the sets across Middleton.

Our new W/SW groundswell due later today and tomorrow morning has hit the Cape du Couedic wave buoy and we’ve got slow 2ft+ sets out there on the Mid Coast with glassy conditions (a little under the expected 3ft).

This week and weekend (Aug 1 - 4)

The current building swell should peak tomorrow morning with 2-3ft with sets continuing inside the gulf, easing through the day.

Middleton should see 4-5ft sets, easing through the day and both coasts should be favourable with early E/NE winds on the Mid, tending NE-N/NE and then lighter N/NW into the afternoon, N/NE tending NE down South.

Friday looks smaller and best across the South Coast with N/NE tending N/NW-NW winds.

A low point in swell is due on Saturday morning, while some inconsistent W/SW energy should be seen later in the day, holding Sunday morning, generated by a trailing front on the backside of the progression linked to tomorrow’s swell.

It looks best for the the Mid Coast again with building sets to 2ft+ due later Saturday, holding Sunday with the South Coast coming in around 3ft across Middleton.

Local winds look variable offshore Saturday morning ahead of weak sea breezes, similar Sunday but with variable winds into the afternoon. This should create a good to great weekend of surf.

Into next week, small pulses of swell with light winds should favour the South Coast but we’ll look at this closer on Friday.