Southern Tasmanian Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday March 4th)

Best Days: Monday morning, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning, Friday morning

Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)

• New W/SW-SW groundswell Sun with a localised S windswell and strong S winds, abating and tending S/SE
• Mid-period SW swell Mon and Tue with light N/NW tending strong E/NE winds Mon, strong S/SW on Tue
• Moderate sized W/SW groundswell building Tue PM, peaking Wed with W/NW tending S/SE winds
• Fun levels of reinforing SW swell Thu and Fri with morning offshore winds

Recap

Inconsistent sets through yesterday with eastern ends of beaches fairing the cleanest, tiny today and best for beginners at similar spots.

This weekend and next week (Mar 5 - 11)

Tomorrow will be a lay day with tiny surf and a light, morning W/NW breeze ahead of afternoon sea breezes.

A trough and strengthening low off the southern NSW coast will bring strong S/SW winds on Saturday evening which will persist out of the S'th Sunday morning before easing and tending S/SE through the afternoon.

Luckily winds are due to revert back to the N/NW on Monday morning ahead of gusty E/NE afternoon winds as another trough approaches from the west.

Swell wise we've got some good energy due from Sunday through most of next week owing to a progression of strong polar fronts through our swell window.

The first is currently weakening south-west of us and will produce a kick in size on Sunday to 2ft+ but with those onshore winds, holding 2ft+ Monday with a reinforcing swell and those better winds.

Tuesday looks poor as the trough moves through bringing a strong S/SW change but winds should ease and tend light W/NW into Wednesday morning when a new moderate sized W/SW swell fills in. This will be generated by a healthy polar frontal system moving in from a position east of the Heard Island region tomorrow, under the country early next week.

A good fetch of strong to near gale-force W/SW winds will be projected east, with the swell due to build later Tuesday but peak Wednesday to 2-3ft across Clifton.

Thursday looks a bit smaller but clean in the morning ahead of sea breezes with 1-2ft surf to to continue into Friday before becoming tiny Saturday.

Longer term the outlook goes a little quiet so make the most of the coming swells. Have a great weekend!