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

Best Days: Sunday morning

Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)

• Tiny into the end of the week and Saturday
• Inconsistent W/SW groundswell Sun with N/NE winds, tending fresh S'ly by late AM
• Easing swell early next week with S winds Mon (possibly variable), freshening through the day
• Tiny Tue with variable tending E/NE winds

Recap

Light onshore winds and 1-2ft of swell offered an OK wave for the keen yesterday, cleaner this morning but tiny and easing from 1.5ft.

This week and next (Jan 9 - 17)

Following yesterday’s small localised swell, it’s set to be tiny to end off the week, with a small pulse of inconsistent W/SW groundswell due to fill in on Sunday.

There’s a tiny hint of S/SE swell from a low that’s currently south of New Zealand due into Friday afternoon/Saturday morning but don’t expect anything over 1ft.

Sunday’s W/SW groundswell will be generated by a healthy low firing up to the south-west of Western Australia today, with a fetch of W’ly gales due to generate fun 2ft waves across Clifton, though inconsistent.

The morning window of N/NE winds is still on the cards, but a trough will bring a S’ly change by later morning so surf before then.

Easing surf with lingering S tending variable winds is due on Monday though 1-2ft sets are still due across Clifton thanks to the slow easing nature of the low.

The swell will fade into Tuesday as variable winds tend E/NE.

Mid-late week we may see some new tiny W/SW swell but into next weekend things look possibly more dynamic. More on this Friday.