Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 14th August)

Best Days: Monday, Tuesday morning, Thursday, Friday

Recap

Small, clean offerings yesterday while today conditions aren't as clean but there's a small swell still running.

This weekend and next week (Aug 15 - 21)

The weekend looks average with tiny to flat surf along with easterly winds, but these easterly winds should kick up a building E/SE-SE swell through Sunday and Monday. Before the easterly winds kick in though, a light offshore is due tomorrow morning, though tiny.

The source of the easterlies is a strong low dipping south through the Tasman Sea, and we'll see a burst of strong E/SE winds aimed through our swell window Sunday, then shifting more S/SE through Monday evening and res-strengthening south-east of us Tuesday.

What we can expect is an E/SE tending SE swell event from Sunday afternoon through the rest of the week. Quite unusual for winter.

Monday morning should see the peak in E/SE energy with 2ft to occasionally 3ft sets across Clifton (bigger at more exposed breaks) and winds should shift around to the W/SW-SW, opening up a few options as the low dips south.

A N/NW tending N/NE breeze is then due on Tuesday but with smaller 1-2ft leftovers.

It's into later Wednesday but more so Thursday that we should see swell from the SE, kicking back to 3ft+ across Clifton. Unfortunately at the same time the south-western arm of the low may push back up and into us, bringing S/SE winds. We'll have to have a closer look at this and the coming swell again on Monday.

Have a great weekend!