Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 30th December)

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Best Days: Protected breaks tomorrow, Sunday morning Margs, Monday morning Margs, Tuesday morning Margs, Wednesday morning Margs

Recap

A workable 4ft of swell in the South West yesterday morning with cleaner conditions, while Perth and Mandurah were also fun (1-2ft in the later).

This morning the swell was a touch smaller but conditions cleaner, with magnets in the South West providing the biggest and best waves.

This weekend and next week (Dec 31 – Jan 6)

The new long-range W/SW groundswell due to build through today is showing on the Cape Naturaliste buoy with peak periods above 17s.

We should see sets hitting 5-6ft+ across the South West by dark but with average conditions, holding tomorrow morning around a similar size.

There'll be long waits between sets so you'll have to be patient. Perth should offer infrequent 1-2ft waves.

Winds tomorrow aren't ideal with a S/SE breeze across most locations (likely tending SE around Perth) before sea breezes kick in.

Sunday is looking much cleaner with a morning E/SE offshore and easing 4-5ft sets in the South West, 1-1.5ft around Perth.

Our SW groundswell for Monday is still on track, with the polar low generating it, producing a a fetch of strong to gale-force W/NW winds through our south-western swell window this morning, easing tomorrow.

Margs should hold around 3-5ft Monday with tiny waves up in Perth, easing back Tuesday and further Wednesday.

Conditions are looking good again across the South West with a morning E/SE offshore ahead of sea breezes. Tuesday and Wednesday are also looking clean as a surface trough sits just west of us, keeping S/SE breezes at bay.

Another small SW groundswell is due Thursday, produced by a relatively weak front pushing through the southern Indian ocean, coming in at 3-4ft+ or so.

Conditions are a little hard to pin down at the moment due to the trough in the region, but we'll look at this again Monday.

Longer term a slightly bigger SW swell may be seen late week/next weekend, but check back Monday for an update on this. Have a great weekend and Happy New Year!