Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 16th November)

Best Days: Beginners early Saturday and Sunday mornings, Monday morning

Recap

A new building swell across the coast yesterday but not the best conditions with only a temporary early W/NW breeze.

The swell has dropped back into this morning, much more than expected with cleaner conditions under a light offshore wind.

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This weekend and next week (Nov 17 - 23)

Tomorrow is looking tiny as we fall in between swells, with a new mid-period SW swell due to build through Sunday and peak Monday morning.

This will be generated by a broad fetch of strong pre-frontal W/NW winds that are currently south of WA, moving through our south-western swell window.

The fetch will continue further east and under us tomorrow, with the swell due to build Sunday and reach 2ft on the sets across Clifton, easing from a similar size Monday morning.

E/SE sea breezes will create average conditions on Sunday afternoon, with cleaner waves Monday under a fresh N'ly tending N/NE breeze.

The surf will then become tiny into Tuesday and Wednesday morning, while a S/SW change on Wednesday may kick up a tiny increase in weak windswell.

Of greater importance is a relatively weak but broad polar front that's due to develop south-west of us through the middle to end of the week, generating a new swell later in the week. We'll have a closer look at this Monday though. Have a great weekend!