Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 22nd January)

Best Days: Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning, Thursday more exposed breaks Friday morning

Recap

Not the most ideal conditions Saturday with an onshore wind though the swell hung in at 1-2ft. Sunday morning was clean and fun with 1-2ft sets, but later in the day we saw a strong long-period SW groundswell filling in, peaking this morning to a good 2-3ft.

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This week and weekend (Jan 23 - 28)

This morning's SW groundswell should of eased back into this afternoon, back to a smaller 2ft on the sets tomorrow morning. We'll see a morning NW wind, swinging W/NW and then W/SW into the afternoon with a passing frontal system.

This frontal system is currently south of WA and SA, aiming a fetch of strong to near gale-force W/SW winds through our western swell window while pushing east.

We'll see the system weakening as it passes under us through tomorrow, with the W/SW groundswell expected to build later tomorrow and peak Wednesday morning to 2ft to occasionally 3ft across Clifton.

Conditions look clean again through the morning before sea breezes kick in.

The swell should ease into the afternoon, down further from 2ft on the sets Thursday with less favourable NE tending E/NE winds.

Friday should still reveal small 1-2ft sets from a weak trailing fetch behind the main storm, with a light morning NW breeze.

Come the weekend the swell will continue to fade leaving tiny waves across the coast and nothing significant is due until mid-late next week, but more on this Wednesday.