Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 9th May)

Best Days: Saturday morning, Sunday afternoon, Monday morning, later Wednesday, Thursday

Recap

Tiny waves yesterday, while a slight increase in W/SW swell has been seen today to 1-1.5ft with favourable winds all day.

This week and weekend (Jun 10 – 16)

We should continue to see 1-1.5ft waves tomorrow across Clifton with a mix of easing long-range and mid-period W/SW swells under all day offshores.

Sunday morning looks to be tiny, but into the afternoon some fun new W/SW swell is expected from a front currently moving in from the west. A pre-frontal fetch of W/NW gales are being generated in our western swell window and with this we should see some small W/SW swell spreading back up and into us Sunday afternoon, reaching 2ft on the sets, easing back from a similar size Monday morning.

Conditions both Sunday and Monday are looking great all day with offshore winds.

Tuesday is looking a touch smaller but not dropping below 1-1.5ft as a late forming front generates some reinforcing W/SW swell.

The strong but inconsistent W/SW groundswell due for later Wednesday and Thursday is still on track, with a vigorous low due to form in the Heard Island region tomorrow, generating a fetch of severe-gale to storm-force W'ly winds through our far western swell window before weakening Monday.

While inconsistent the swell will be strong, building to 2-3ft on dark Wednesday, easing from a similar size Thur.

Conditions will remain good for this swell with persistent offshore winds both Wednesday and Thursday, hanging in Friday as the swell becomes a touch smaller.

Longer term the Southern Ocean looks to become more active in our near swell window, but more on this Monday. Have a great weekend!