Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 10th June)

Best Days: Thursday, Friday, Saturday morning, Monday, Tuesday morning

Recap

A tricky W/SW groundswell came in as forecast yesterday with 3ft waves across Clifton through the morning with workable winds, and these winds remained favourable into the afternoon as a new W/SW swell filled in.

Today this swell tweaked more SW and peaked at 3-4ft early with better than expected winds which have remained favourable all day again. A drop in swell should have been seen through this afternoon though.

This week and weekend (Jun 9 – 14)

Tomorrow will be smaller again as today's SW swell eases with fading 2-3ft sets under NW tending W/NW winds.

A fun kick in SW groundswell back to 2-3ft through the day is then due Friday, generated tomorrow by a broad fetch of W/NW tending W/SW gales through our swell window.

Winds should remain favourable for this swell as well with a NW tending W'ly breeze. A drop in size is then due into Saturday from 2ft on the sets with NW winds. Sunday will be tiny and clean through the morning, with a possible late kick in new S/SE groundswell, discussed in more detail below.

Next week onwards (Jun 15 onwards)

The frontal system responsible for Friday's groundswell is expected to stall and form into a broad and powerful low pressure system under New Zealand during Thursday evening and Friday.

With this a fetch of severe-gale to storm-force S/SE winds should be aimed through our swell window, generating a strong pulse of S/SE groundswell that may be seen later Sunday, with a peak due through Monday.

This swell should come in at an infrequent but good 3-4ft across Clifton with larger waves at more exposed breaks to the south-east. Winds are looking good with a light NW offshore that's expected to tend E/NE into the afternoon.

The swell should then ease into Tuesday with nothing significant on the cards until later in the week when we may see a strengthening polar front push up and into us. More on this Friday though.