Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 13th January)

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Recap

Poor onshore surf yesterday, but today, a large and powerful W/SW groundswell has spiked on the offshore buoys, coming in around a large 10ft in the South West and 2-3ft in Perth with clean conditions across all spots with developing offshore winds.

We'll see the swell easing from here as sea breezes kick in, favouring protected breaks.

This weekend and next week (Jan 14 – 20)

This morning's large W/SW groundswell will swing more SW in direction overnight and continue to ease, backing off from 4-6ft across magnets in the South West tomorrow morning and 1-2ft in Perth.

Conditions look great with a light offshore E'ly breeze, tending variable before sea breezes develop early afternoon. Sunday will be poor with tiny amounts of swell and early light winds giving into a S/SW breeze.

Into Sunday afternoon and more so Monday/Tuesday, our prolonged and good W/SW groundswell is looking good.

Currently a broad and slow moving low is generating a fetch W/SW gales through our western swell window. The low will continue slowly east while weakening this evening and tomorrow, pushing towards us on Sunday and Monday while continuing to generate strong W/SW winds.

We'll see a prolonged W/SW groundswell event, building later Sunday and peaking Monday afternoon to 6-8ft in the South West and 2ft+ in Perth (2-3ft Mandurah).

A slow drop in size is expected Tuesday from a slightly smaller size, further through Wednesday.

Winds on Monday will be average with a SW tending S/SW breeze as the low brushes us, while better S/SE-SE winds are due Tuesday. Wednesday will be the cleanest with a light E'ly offshore ahead of a W/SW change.

The change will be linked to yet another low projecting towards us, producing a slightly smaller late week, but we'll have another look at this Monday. Have a great weekend!