Southern Tasmanian Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday February 8th)

Best Days: Thursday morning, Friday and Saturday mornings for beginners

Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)

• Easing S/SW swell tomorrow with N tending strong E/NE winds
• Tiny Sat and Sun with N tending S winds late AM
• S/SW winds at dawn, tending variable then fresh S/SE winds

Recap

A good pulse of mid-period SW swell yesterday to 2-3ft with favourable winds for protected spots, easing back from 2-3ft this morning with light winds at dawn, deteriorating mid-morning.

Onshore but still 2ft+ this arv

This week and weekend (Feb 7 - 12)

The swell is still pushing in at 2ft+ this afternoon but with a fresh onshore wind. A dropping trend is due into the end of the week, easing from 1-2ft tomorrow with a N'ly offshore, strengthening from the E/NE into the afternoon.

Friday will be clean again but tiny, ideal for beginners before a S'ly change moves in late morning.

A small reinforcing swell for Saturday now looks weaker, with tiny 1-1.5ft waves due across Clifton at a maximum, and winds look light S/SW at dawn, tending variable head of SE sea breezes.

Following this, the longer term outlook is slow, with weak, northerly positioned fronts due to move in from the west, generating tiny W/SW swells for next week.

Nothing really above 1ft is expected, but the East Coast shows more potential so check out their forecast later this afternoon.