Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 25th February)

Best Days: Swell magnets around Margs tomorrow morning, protected spots Saturday morning, Sunday morning Margs and Mandurah

Recap

Average surf Saturday but our good new W/SW groundswell for Sunday came in strong with clean pumping 6ft+ surf across the South West, 2ft+ in Mandurah and 2ft in Perth.

The swell eased a touch into today but a reinforcing SW swell is still offering good sets to 4-5ft in the South West (below) with great conditions again, 1-2ft in Mandurah and Perth.

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This week and weekend (Feb 26 – Mar 3)

The current reinforcing mid-period SW swell will ease into tomorrow but the South West magnets will be good with a morning E/SE offshore ahead of sea breeze. Size wise we'll be looking at easing 3ft to likely 4ft sets, tiny to the north.

Wednesday will be smaller again and a shift to S/SE winds will make it a lay day.

Thursday will also be a lay day with no new swell and S'ly tending W/SW winds as the head of a weak front starts moving in from the west. Swell from the earlier stronger stages of this front is expected on the weekend, but ahead of this a small increase in SW swell us due Friday morning, produced by a relatively weak polar front that's currently just east of Heard Island.

A small 4ft or so of swell is expected across Margs, tiny in Perth and Mandurah along with fresh and gusty W tending SW winds, kicking up a small 2ft of windswell through the afternoon.

The groundswell from this front is due on Saturday with stronger sets to an easy 6ft around Margs, 2-3ft in Mandurah and 2ft in Perth. Unfortunately winds look to linger out of the S/SE on Saturday morning, much better Sunday and out of the E/SE as the swell eases from a still fun size.

Longer term we may see a fun long-period SW groundswell for mid-next week, but more on this Wednesday.