Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 12th August)

Best Days: Wednesday morning, late Thursday for the desperate and Friday morning

Recap

Stormy and poor conditions across Clifton Saturday though a couple of options through the day, still a mess but smaller into Sunday.

Today was cleaner but back to a small 1-2ft out of the S'th.

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This weekend and next week (Aug 10 - 16)

A mix of new S/SW groundswell and mid-period S/SW swell is due tomorrow, the first generated by a polar fetch of W/SW gales south of us on the weekend, and the second by a weak front pushing up and into us today.

Surf to 2-3ft is expected across Clifton but the front pushing up and into us will bring W/SW winds tomorrow morning, shifting S/SW through the day.

Wednesday will be cleaner with a N/NW offshore but smaller, easing surf from 2ft.

Our small and inconsistent W/SW groundswell for later in the week is looking just that, but more so tiny than anything.

A relatively weak fetch of strong to gale-force W/SW winds in our far swell window should produce a small 1ft to occasionally 2ft wave later Thursday and more so Friday morning. Winds Thursday will be offshore from the N/NW, shifting W/NW late and then less than ideal W/NW tending W/SW on Friday.

Following this there's nothing too significant until early next week when a broad and strong frontal progression moves in from the west. The swell generation properties of this look hit and miss at this stage, so we'll have to have another look on Wednesday.