Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 29th December)

Best Days: Sunday, Monday morning, Tuesday morning

Recap

No swell yesterday and this morning with tiny clean surf.

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This weekend and next week (Dec 30 – Dec 5)

We've had a slight upgrade in the strength of the frontal system moving in and across us early tomorrow, bringing an increase in W/SW swell.

This front is currently south of the Bight, but will move east and strengthen slightly while dipping east-southeast.

We're now set to see a fetch of gale to severe-gale W/SW winds projected through our western and south-western swell windows, with the strongest part of the fetch occurring further south-west and away from us.

What we should see is a late pulse of W/SW swell tomorrow to 2ft+ on dark across Clifton, but Sunday morning is looking better with the swell from the strongest part of the low filling in.

Sets to 2ft+ should continue, easing through the day.

Winds tomorrow will be poor when the swell kicks with a fresh W/NW tending strong W/SW breeze.

Sunday will be great all day with a NW tending W/NW breeze.

Monday morning looks tiny but into the afternoon and more so Tuesday morning some new W/SW swell is due.

Monday's increase looks very west in nature, generated by an unfavourable fetch of pre-frontal W/NW winds, but a trailing fetch of W/SW winds more in our south-western swell window should produce a better pulse Tuesday morning.

An increase to 1-1.5ft is expected Monday, while Tuesday morning should reveal better 2ft sets, easing through the day.

Winds look favourable and offshore from the W/NW each morning, W/SW into the afternoons.

A small reinforcing swell may be seen Wednesday, but more on this Monday. Have a great New Year!