Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 2nd September)

Best Days: Later Friday, Saturday morning for keen surfers, Sunday morning, Monday

Recap

Small easing levels of SE swell from 1-2ft yesterday with light onshore winds, while today the surf was tiny and clean, ideal for beginners.

This week and weekend (Sep 3 – Sep 6)

Tomorrow will be tiny and onshore with a fresh S/SW tending SW change, then come Friday our small pulse of SW swell for the afternoon doesn't look to top 2ft now across Clifton. Winds should be offshore from the N/NW early, tending W/NW ahead of a temporary W/SW change at some stage through the afternoon and then back to the W/NW later.

A short-range W/SW swell for Saturday has now been upgraded a touch, with the frontal system swinging in from the west aiming a fetch of strong to gale-force W/SW winds through our swell window.

This should come in at 2ft through the morning, building to 2ft to nearly 3ft into the afternoon. Unfortunately nn early SW'ly will strengthen through the day in the wake of the swell producing front. Sunday will then see N/NE winds as the swell eases from the 2ft range.

Into next week, only an inconsistent and small long-range W/SW groundswell is due into Monday, with it starting to be generated in our far swell window around the Heard Island region by a vigorous polar front.

This system will aim a fetch of severe-gale to storm-force W/SW winds towards us, but the swell will lose a lot of size and consistency once it arrives and peaks Monday afternoon. Only an inconsistent 2ft wave is due into the afternoon with N/NW tending variable winds.

The swell should then drop through Tuesday with winds deteriorating from the S/SE.

For the rest of the week there's nothing major on the cards, but we'll review this Friday.