Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 12th June)

Best Days: Thursday, Friday morning keen surfers, Saturday, Sunday

Recap

Tiny surf yesterday and this morning with clean conditions.

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This week and weekend (Jun 13 - 16)

Our small pulse of S/SW groundswell for tomorrow is still on track, generated by a short-lived burst of W/SW gales on the polar shelf south of us.

Satellite observations are significant and we should hopefully see good 2ft sets tomorrow with a persistent N/NW offshore wind.

The swell will then ease into Friday mixed with a small W'ly mid-period swell generated by a front moving across us Thursday evening.

Fading 1-2ft sets are likely with a persistent NW offshore.

A strong low moving in from our west on Friday will generate a fetch of W/SW gales through our south-western swell window, producing a good pulse of new SW groundswell Saturday.

We should see Clifton build to 3ft+ into the afternoon and then ease from 2-3ft on Sunday.

A light W/NW tending variable breeze will hopefully be seen Saturday with better N/NW winds Sunday.

Longer term, a significant polar frontal progression firing up in our far western swell window will move closer towards us into early next week.

An initial fetch of distant severe-gale to storm-force W/NW winds, followed by a broader fetch of severe-gale W/SW winds will be projected through our western swell window, weakening south of the country early next week.

A moderate sized long-period W/SW groundswell is due off this source, building Tuesday and peaking Wednesday around 3ft across Clifton. Winds may go onshore but we'll review this Friday.