Southern Tasmanian Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday May 27th)

Best Days: Tomorrow, Wednesday, Thursday

Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)

• Small mix of S/SW and S/SE swells tomorrow with N/NW tending variable winds
• Inconsistent W/SW groundswell Wed with N/NW winds, easing
• Easing swell Thu with strengthening N/NW tending N winds
• Weak W/SW swell with W/NW tending SW winds

Recap

Friday’s strong kick in new swell was still solid into Saturday morning with clean conditions and options for the savvy.

Sunday’s fresh pulse of S/SW groundswell came in right on cue, maintaining 2-3ft sets with offshore winds.

This morning the swell was smaller and back to 1-2ft with an inconsistent, long-range SW groundswell.

Fun waves for the late today

This week and weekend (May 28 - Jun 2)

As touched on in last week’s forecaster notes, this week will be slower surf wise after what seems like months of swell energy.

We’ll see slow, tricky westerly swells and some small, background S/SE energy, mostly coming in at a slow 1-2ft tomorrow, with the best W’ly groundswell pulse for Wednesday due to come in at a better 2ft.

This was generated by a significant low that formed off Western Australia, north of our swell window before dropping south-east while weakening, more in our swell window last night and this morning.

A N/NW tending variable breeze is due tomorrow, with Wednesday seeing N/NW winds, easing into the afternoon.

Come Thursday we’re looking at fading 1-1.5ft sets with strengthening N/NW tending N winds, then strong N/NW tending NW winds on Friday with tiny fading surf.

This wind will thanks to a mid-latitude low moving across us, bringing a weak increase in W/SW swell Saturday though likely above 1-2ft under W/NW tending W/SW winds.

Longer term, more small westerly swells look to persist, but more on this Wednesday.