Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 10th April)

Best Days: Sunday morning, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Recap

Small and clean waves yesterday, tiny this morning.

This weekend and next week (Apr 11 - 17)

Yesterday a very intense polar low formed directly south-west of us with a short burst of severe-gale to storm-force W/NW-W winds generated through our south-western swell window.

This has generated a spike of solid long-period SW groundswell that will come up as quick as it comes down. A peak is due early tomorrow and with easy 2-3ft sets across Clifton, if not for the odd sneaky bigger one, easing back into the afternoon.

Local winds will be average and out of the W/SW through the morning, strong SW by mid-morning.

Sunday is expected to start out smaller, but a polar front projecting up and towards us through tomorrow and Sunday should generate a new SW tending S/SW groundswell into the afternoon and more so Monday.

Size wise, Clifton should build to 3ft to occasionally 4ft through the day Monday, a little smaller early and then ease back from 3ft on the sets Tuesday.

Winds through this period will be out of the W/NW and fresh Sunday, W/SW into the afternoon and then onshore out of the S/SW on Monday as the best swell fills in.

As the swell eases Tuesday conditions look favourable all day with a N'ly tending variable breeze.

Longer term the surf will fade away into the end of the week with small and inconsistent W/SW groundswells on the cards for late in the week onwards. This will be due to strong Southern Ocean storm activity occurring south-southwest of WA but not really pushing further east. We'll have a closer look at this Monday. Have a great weekend!