Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 30th January)

Best Days: Beginners Friday morning, Wednesday morning

Recap

Small surf yesterday morning ahead of a stronger increase in swell through the day but with sea breezes. This morning the swell has dropped back to 2ft with nice clean conditions.

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This week and weekend (Jan 31 – Feb 3)

The surf will continue to fade into the end of the week, ideal for beginners as a new mid-period W/SW swell for tomorrow afternoon and Friday morning provides 1-1.5ft sets.

This swell has generated the last couple of days by a weak though persistent fetch of strong W/SW winds through our swell window south of WA.

Winds will be onshore tomorrow in the wake of a front overnight, so Friday morning looks best with a W/NW-NW offshore ahead of sea breezes.

The weekend looks mostly tiny as the mid-period W/SW swell fades, flat Sunday with morning offshore winds.

Our next significant increase in swell is due Tuesday, with a polar low forming south-southwest of WA due to project a fetch of strong to gale-force W/SW winds towards us from Sunday and into Monday before weakening.

This should produce a fun W/SW swell for Tuesday afternoon with sets building to 2ft but with onshore winds.

Wednesday will be cleaner with a morning N'ly breeze, freshening from the NE as the swell eases back from 2ft. Longer term there's nothing too significant but more on this Friday.