Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 2nd April)

Best Days: Tuesday morning in the South West, keen surfers Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings in the South West

Recap

Poor surf Saturday with no size and onshore winds across the South West and Mandurah, cleaner but tiny in Perth.

Sunday was much better with a new S/SW groundswell and offshore winds across the South West but only tiny in Perth and Mandurah.

This swell has eased back to 3-4ft this morning with great though blustery conditions at times across the South West, tiny to the north again.

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This week and weekend (Apr 3 - 8)

A reinforcing SW swell for today has been delayed a little to tomorrow, with Margs due to hang around 3-4ft, tiny to the north and with great conditions under a light E'ly offshore and then a S/SW change as a weak trough pushes east.

Our new long-range SW groundswell for Wednesday is still on track, generated by a strong polar low west of Heard Island late last week and on the weekend.

This swell should fill in overnight tomorrow and peak Wednesday morning to an inconsistent 4-6ft across magnets in the South West and 1-2ft in Mandurah with 1-1.5ft sets in Perth.

Winds are still looking less than ideal but workable and fresh from the S/SE, much better Thursday and from the SE as the swell eases.

A smaller weaker mid-period SW swell is due Thursday afternoon, easing through Friday but this should keep magnets in the South West up around 4ft and winds are a little up in the air but we're likely looking at an early light E/SE offshore.

Over the weekend, a new small S/SW pulse is due across the South West, generated by a late forming low in our swell window Friday. We should see Margs kick back to 4ft through the day Saturday, but winds look suss.

Into early next week a strong node of the Long Wave Trough moving in from the west will bring a flurry of strong frontal activity and large swells. More on this Wednesday.