Southern Tasmanian Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday June 7th)

Best Days: Today, tomorrow morning, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday morning, Friday

Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)

• Easing swell over the weekend with N/NW tending variable winds tomorrow
• Small SW swell Mon AM, with a better increase in size for the PM, peaking Tue AM
• N/NW tending W/NW winds Mon, gusty N tending NW Tue
• Strong SW winds Wed with a moderate + sized increase in mid-period swell
• S/SW groundswell Thu with W/NW tending S winds, easing Fri with N/NW tending NE winds

Recap

The surf has held in the 1-2ft range the last two days, lumpy yesterday and cleanest today.

This weekend and next week (Jun 8 - 14)

Today’s small swell is due to fade over the weekend, with the odd stray 1-2ft set possible tomorrow morning with clean conditions, tiny Sunday.

From Monday the outlook is much more active with a progression of strengthening polar storms due to bring building levels of SW-S/SW swell.

The first will push up and under us during Monday, bringing a moderate sized pulse of S/SW swell for later in the day but more so Tuesday. Monday looks to be 1-2ft, with 2ft+ sets due later in the day, easing back from 2-3ft Tuesday morning.

Conditions look good Monday with a N/NW tending W/NW breeze, gusty N tending NW breeze Tuesday.

Behind this first front, a secondary stronger system should project gales up and past us on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, bringing with it a large pulse of S/SW windswell to 4-5ft or so on Wednesday along with strong W/SW-SW winds, with the groundswell coming in at 3-5ft Thursday along with light W/NW tending S winds.

We’ll confirm these winds on Monday, but Friday looks cleanest as the swell starts to ease. Following this the outlook is slower so make the most of the coming swells. Have a great weekend!