Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 29th January)

Best Days: Early Thursday morning, early Saturday morning

Recap

Tiny waves only for beginners over the weekend, flat into this morning.

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This weekend (Jan 30 – Feb 4)

We've got a little more swell on the cards for the coming week, but winds look to be the biggest problem.

Tomorrow, a tiny W/SW swell isn't expected to offer any size above 1ft and an onshore SW wind will create average conditions.

Moving into Wednesday and we'll see a relatively weak polar front pushing up and into us during the day, bringing an increase in S/SW windswell through the afternoon, reaching 1-2ft, and easing from a similar size Thursday morning.

Unfortunately winds will be onshore as the front pushes up and across us, with a dawn W/NW'ly shifting S/SW shortly thereafter. We'll probably see a window of early W/NW winds Thursday morning as the swell drops from 1-2ft, shifting onshore mid-morning.

A secondary slightly stronger and better polar front is due to generate a better S/SW swell for Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, coming in at 2ft on the sets.

We may see a dawn W/NW'ly Friday morning before the swell really fills in, similar Saturday as the swell eases. We'll have a closer look at this Wednesday.

Another polar front pushing up past us during the weekend may generate some new S/SW swell for Sunday/Monday, but check back here Wednesday for more on this.