Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 29th January)

Best Days: Desperate South West surfers Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings, Thursday morning

Recap

A new S/SW groundswell across the South West yesterday with fairly clean and fun conditions across selected breaks, tiny to the north.

This morning the swell has eased and conditions weren't as favourable with light onshore winds.

This week and weekend (Jan 30 – Feb 2)

The coming period still remains void of any major swells or quality with the westerly storm track and Indian Ocean becoming void of any significant storm activity.

Tomorrow will be poor with onshore SW tending S'ly winds and a low point in swell, while a small mid-period W/SW-SW swell is expected on Friday.

This swell generated by a weak front the last couple of days is only due to provide 3-4ft sets across the South West magnets, tiny to the north. Winds aren't too flash either with a moderate S-S/SE breeze early, shifting S/SW mid-morning and strengthening into the afternoon.

Saturday should be clean with an E/SE offshore but the swell small and easing from 3ft if we're lucky across the swell magnets.

Sunday looks clean again but tiny in the morning, with a small spike in inconsistent SW groundswell through the day. This was generated by a tight and intense but short-lived low developing south-east of the Heard Island region Monday evening.

A kick in size to 3-4ft+ is due across the South West Sunday afternoon, tiny to the north but with afternoon sea breezes. Gusty E/SE offshores are due on Monday but the swell will be easing from 3-4ft max on the exposed reefs.

Longer term there's still nothing major on the cards at all with an inconsistent long-range SW groundswell due Thursday but not above 3-4ftor so across the South West.

When will this all change? Not in the near future unfortunately so set your expectation low for the first week or two of February.