Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 5th December)

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Best Days: Tuesday morning, Saturday morning

Recap

Small clean 1-2ft waves Saturday morning ahead of some better size through the afternoon although with afternoon sea breezes.

Sunday was smaller and back to 1-2ft, while today was tiny to flat.

This week (Dec 6 - 9)

A westerly change seen today is linked to a strengthening polar low currently right to the south of us.

We're seeing a fetch of W/SW gales generated in our western swell window, with it dipping south-east away from us this afternoon and evening.

A peak in swell is due at dawn tomorrow morning with 2ft+ waves, easing through the day and tiny Wednesday.

Conditions are looking good tomorrow with a NW offshore ahead sea breezes.

The next increase in swell is due late week as a strong cold front pushes in from the west, aiming a good fetch of strong to near gale-force S/SW winds through our southern swell window Thursday evening and Friday morning.

A moderate sized S/SW swell is due, building to 3-4ft through Friday with fresh to strong SW winds, easing from 3ft Saturday morning with better W/NW winds.

We may see a secondary follow up S/SW groundswell for later Sunday/Monday but we'll have a look at this again on Wednesday.