Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 8th February)

Best Days: Beginners Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 

Recap

Tiny bumpy waves yesterday, cleaner this morning but tiny again.

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This week and weekend (Feb 9 - 15)

The weekend's swell potential has been downgraded a little with the frontal system linked to a small increase in swell now due to push north of our swell window.

As a result tomorrow will most likely remain tiny, with possible 1-1.5ft sets Sunday with a NW tending W breeze, ideal for beginners in the morning.

A slightly better aligned polar front developing south-southwest of WA this evening will generate a fetch of strong to gale-force W/SW winds in our far swell window before projecting north-east and too far north again.

An inconsistent W/SW swell should be generated, arriving Tuesday morning and offering 2ft sets across Clifton under a gusty NW wind, strengthening from the W/NW and holding into the afternoon. Before this on Monday Clifton will likely see 1-2ft of background W/SW swell from strong W/SW winds spread out between us and the front.

Tuesday's strengthening W/NW wind will be linked to a strong storm pushing across the south-east of the country, but again all the action will be mostly too north for us.

On the backside of the storm though we should see a better aligned fetch of strong W/SW winds moving in slowly from the west.

With this we'll hopefully see some better W/SW swell to 2ft+ or so, but we'll have to look at this again on Monday as the structure and alignment of this system are crucial. Have a great weekend!