Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 7th November)

Best Days: Early and late Thursday, Friday, Sunday morning, Monday

Recap

Our strong W/SW groundswell came in on forecast yesterday with clean 3-4ft sets across Clifton and pumping waves at selected spots again, smaller into today but still 2-3ft.

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This week and weekend (Nov 8 - 11)

Our reinforcing mid-period W/SW swell for tomorrow is still on track, generated by much weaker but broad fetches of W/SW winds through our western swell window over the past couple of days, and under us this afternoon.

Clifton should hang around 2-3ft tomorrow before easing back from 2ft Friday.

Winds look OK early tomorrow and W/NW but will likely tend W/SW through the morning and then maybe back to the W/NW late if we're lucky.

Friday looks clean all day with a NW tending variable breeze.

We've had an upgrade in our new swell due over the weekend with a strong polar low expected to form south-west of WA this evening, pushing east and generating a fetch of severe-gale W/SW winds in our western and then south-western swell window.

We should see the groundswell arrive early Sunday morning, building quickly to an easy 3ft across Clifton, if not for the odd bigger one.

A morning NW wind is due to tend W/SW ahead of SE sea breezes, so the morning will be cleanest and best.

Monday will be nice and clean as the swell eases back from 2-3ft.

Following this the outlook is for small to tiny surf over the coming period so make the most of the coming waves.