Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 17th August)

Best Days: Sunday, Monday through Wednesday

Recap

A late kick in new W/SW swell Monday eased back from the 2ft+ range yesterday morning, while a small reinforcing W/SW swell has kept 1-2ft sets hitting Clifton this morning.

This week and weekend (Aug 18 - 21)

Today's small W/SW swell will fade through tomorrow with not much above 1ft left across Clifton, tiny into Friday.

Now, the intense low that was forecast to develop south-west of us Friday and into the weekend is now expected to form under WA and the Bight, tracking slowly east-southeast while expending most of its energy before passing under us in a much weaker form over the weekend.

A fetch of severe-gale to storm-force W/SW winds will be generated too north of our swell window, with a large W'ly swell impacting our West Coast on Saturday morning not expected to really get in.

Maybe 1-2ft sets will be seen, but Sunday is a better chance as a fetch of strong W/SW winds move into our swell window.

This should see better 2ft sets through Sunday under W/NW tending W'ly winds.

Into early next week some fun S'ly swell is due across Clifton, generated by a fetch of strong S/SE winds stalling in our southern swell window through Saturday afternoon to Monday morning.

A good S'ly swell will build Monday, reaching 2-3ft later, peaking Tuesday to a good 3ft+, easing back Wednesday. Good offshore NW to N/NE winds are due through this period, providing plenty of fun surfing options. We'll have another look at this Friday though.