Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 30th July)

Best Days: Beginners Sunday and Monday morning, Tuesday

Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)

• Fading surf tomorrow with gusty N/NE tending weaker N/NW winds
• Inconsistent W/SW groundswell for Sun with fresh N/NW winds, easing and then tending fresh W/NW
• Small SW swell for Tue with N tending variable winds

Recap

A lift in swell across the coast yesterday with 1-2ft sets in the morning, a bit bigger through the afternoon. Today the swell has dropped back to 1-1.5ft but with nice conditions again.

This weekend and next week (July 31 – Aug 6)

The swell from the last two days will back off into tomorrow, with tiny to flat conditions expected across Clifton with a gusty N/NE tending weaker N/NW breeze.

We then look at our inconsistent, W/SW groundswell for Sunday, generated by a distant, poorly aimed and not overly well directed storm earlier this week.

There's been no change to the expected size with sets due to come in at 1-1.5ft through the day, possibly a touch undersized at dawn.

Conditions will be clean again with a fresh N/NW breeze, easing and tending fresh W/NW into the afternoon.

This will favour keen beginners, with tiny, fading surf Monday N/NW tending fresh N/NE winds.

We've now got a small pulse of SW swell due into Tuesday, generated by a small, weak, stalling low south-west of us on the weekend.

The swell should provide fun 2ft sets on Tuesday under N'ly tending variable winds, tiny Wednesday with NW tending strong SW winds as a change moves through. This change isn't expected to provide any more swell, but polar fronts will bring new swells from Friday into next week, but more on this Monday. Have a great weekend!