Southern Tasmanian Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday May 29th)

Best Days: Tomorrow, Wednesday morning, Friday, Saturday morning

Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)

• Easing surf tomorrow with W/NW tending NW and then N/NW winds, smaller Wed with N winds
• Mod-large mix of W/SW and SW swell building Thu with strong W/SW-W winds, easing Fri from the SW with N/NW tending N winds
• Smaller Sat with N/NW tending S winds
• Moderate sized SW groundswell Sun with S/SE winds

Recap

Clean conditions with some fun though west swell on Saturday, much stronger and sizier yesterday with an initial pulse of SW groundswell to 3-5ft in the morning, becoming even larger into the late afternoon with great conditions.

This morning the swell is on the ease along with less favourable W'ly winds.

This week and weekend (May 30 – Jun 4)

We've got easing surf across the region today, but a frontal system pushing through today, bringing the W winds will slow the trend a bit by supplying some new, mid-period SW swell energy.

Easing surf from 2-3ft is expected tomorrow with W/NW tending NW and then N/NW winds, 1-2ft on Wednesday with persistent N'ly breezes.

Thursday looks average with strong W/SW-W winds as a strong frontal progression pushes across us.

This progression will generate a moderate sized pulse of W/SW groundswell for Thursday, building through the day, easing from the SW direction on Friday.

The progression will form south of Western Australia today, projecting a fetch of strengthening gale to severe-gale W/SW winds through our western swell window, while a secondary intensification under the state on Thursday will see SW gales generated in our south-western swell window.

Strong building sets to 4-5ft are due later Thursday, easing back from the 4ft range on Friday with N/NW tending N winds.

The swell will ease steadily through the day, with smaller, clean waves Saturday morning ahead of a trough and S/SW change.

A strong pulse of new SW groundswell is due on Sunday but winds look dicey and out of the S/SE in the wake of the trough, but more on this Wednesday.

Following this the period looks a little funky, but again check back Wednesday.