Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 11th May)

Best Days:

Recap

A tiny start to the day with a late increase in windswell yesterday, while today a stronger pulse of swell has provided solid 3-4ft waves across Clifton with NW winds.

This week and weekend (May 12 - 15)

Today's pulse of swell should of ease back a touch through this afternoon, but a new mix of W/SW and SW groundswell are due through tomorrow.

This is being generated by an elongated frontal system projecting a fetch of severe-gale to storm-force W/SW winds up into us this morning and tomorrow.

The W/SW swell should fill in tomorrow offering solid 3-5ft sets across Clifton, easing back later in the day and then more from the 3-4ft range Friday morning.

Conditions tomorrow will improve with a strong W'ly tending NW-W/NW breeze through the day, and then W/NW tending NW winds Friday.

Into Saturday one final pulse of decent W/SW groundswell is due from a tight and intense mid-latitude low passing under us, generating a fetch of severe-gale W/SW winds.

A strong kick to 3ft is expected through the morning across Clifton again with morning W/NW winds, tending N/NW through the morning.

Sunday is then expected to be small to tiny with strong W/SW change just after dawn as a small low moves through. No major swell is due off this though.

Longer term into next week we'll be relying on less favourably aligned and longer-range W/SW groundswell energy for us more in the 2ft range, but we'll have a closer look at this Friday.