Southern Tasmanian Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday April 26th)

Best Days: Later tomorrow, Friday, Satruday, Monday afternoon, Tuesday

Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)

• Small, building mid-period SW swell later tomorrow with gusty N/NE winds
• Inconsistent SW swell for Fri with strong N/NE tending W/NW-NW winds into the PM
• Inconsistent SW swell Sat with NW tending W/NW winds
• Tiny Sun with N tending NE winds
• Building mix of moderate sized W/SW swells Mon PM with N tending variable winds, holding Tue with similar winds

Recap

Yesterday started tiny but a new swell pulsed through the afternoon, easing back this morning from 2ft on the sets.

This week and weekend (Apr 27 - 30)

Smaller surf is due tomorrow, easing back from 1ft+ across Clifton but with clean conditions, ahead of a new inconsistent SW swell building through the late afternoon but more so Friday. This pulse and a secondary less consistent swell for Saturday have been generated by a strong low east of the Heard Island region earlier this week.

Pre-frontal W/NW gales were followed by post-frontal W/SW gales, with the first inconsistent swell for Friday likely to come in at 2ft or so, with the secondary swell offering inconsistent 2ft+ sets.

A low dipping quickly south-east across us Friday afternoon/evening now unfortunately doesn't look to bring any additional swell to the mix.

Looking at the local winds and gusty N/NE offshore breezes are due tomorrow, strong N/NE Friday morning before shifting W/NW-NW into the afternoon.

Saturday should see NW tending W/NW winds with N tending NE winds Sunday as the swell eases back from 1-1.5ft.

Longer term, we've got an active outlook for next week thanks to a healthy flurry of Southern Ocean storms developing Friday. An initial frontal system tracking south-east from the Indian Ocean should generate a fun W/SW groundswell for Monday afternoon, coming in around 2ft or so.

As this swell fills in though, a secondary pulse of more consistent energy generated by a flurry of gale-force W'ly winds moving in behind the front on the weekend should fill in, pushing the surf to 2-3ft on dark, easing from a similar size Tuesday. Winds look favourable each day but we'll review this on Friday.