Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 19th April)

Best Days: Protected spots tomorrow, early Sunday and Monday mornings, Tuesday morning, Wednesday, Thursday

Recap

The surf continued to pump across all coasts yesterday morning with clean easing 6-8ft waves in the South West, 3ft in Mandurah and 2-3ft in Perth. Winds shifted onshore earlier across the South West, while to the north conditions remain favourable most of the day.

Today we've got a mix of mid-period S/SW swell on the build and long-period SW groundswell but with poor conditions early this morning. Perth and Mandurah have since cleaned up with winds swinging more offshore during the morning.

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This weekend and next week (Apr 20 - 26)

Our current mixed increase in mid-period and groundswell should reach 12ft+ across the South West this evening, 3-4ft in Mandurah and 3ft in Perth, easing back steadily from a similar size early tomorrow morning.

Winds are looking a little better for the South West with a morning S-S/SE breeze, favouring protected spots, while Mandurah and Perth will be great with E/SE offshores.

The swell will continue to ease Sunday and winds should be favourable and light E/NE-NE early around Margs, similar further north ahead of afternoon sea breezes.

Margs should ease back from 6ft to possibly 8ft, 2-3ft in Mandurah and 2ft in Perth.

Monday will be smaller again though with morning NE winds ahead, shifting NW into the afternoon.

Our new large long-period W/SW groundswell for Tuesday/Wednesday is still on track with a significant and slow moving storm developing south-east of South Africa yesterday. A broad fetch of severe-gale W/SW winds has already been generated, with the low continuing slowly east today while weakening a touch, breaking down further just north-east of the Heard Island region over the weekend.

We should see an inconsistent but strong long-period W/SW groundswell building through Tuesday, reaching 10ft+ across the South West later in the day, 3ft on the sets in Mandurah and 2-3ft in Perth.

Winds Tuesday morning as the swell builds look favourable and light out of the SE, though giving into sea breezes earlier rather than later. Wednesday is the pick as the swell eases back from a similar size along with moderate to fresh E/SE offshores holding until early afternoon.

Thursday will be good again though small with an E/NE offshore, variable into the afternoon ahead of weak sea breezes.

Longer term we'll see fun moderate sized groundswells into the end of next week and beyond but not to any major size. So make the most of the coming swells. Have a safe and happy Easter!