Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 1st January)

Best Days: Tuesday morning in the South West, Sunday morning in the South West

Recap

Happy New Year! Fun waves Saturday with a good S/SW groundswell to 4-6ft across the South West, 1-2ft in Mandurah though tiny up in Perth.

Sunday was half the size and with less favourable winds. This morning we've got a fun new SW swell with decent winds across the South West, but Perth and Mandurah have remained tiny.

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This week and weekend (Jan 2 - 7)

Today's pulse of SW groundswell should ease over the coming days, and tomorrow morning will be the pick with an offshore E/SE breeze developing through the morning, back to the S/SE on Wednesday.

We should see the South West easing from 3-4ft at magnets, 1ft in Mandurah and Perth, smaller Wednesday.

A low point in swell is expected on Thursday and lighter offshore winds are expected, but you'll struggle to find anything above 2-3ft across the South West.

Into Thursday afternoon and more so Friday some new mid-period SW swell is due, produced by a very weak polar frontal system projecting slowly towards us through the coming week.

Two swells are actually due, the first and smallest Friday, with a secondary slightly better increase Saturday afternoon/Sunday morning.

Onshore S/SW winds associated with the front will create poor conditions on Friday with weak sets to 4ft or so across the South West, 1ft+ in Mandurah and 0.5-1ft around Perth.

Saturday/Sunday's swell should provide a touch more size to 3-5ft across the South West, with average S/SE tending S/SW winds on Saturday, and better E/SE offshores Sunday.

After this there's nothing major on the cards until mid-late next week, and this is only swell in the small to moderate size range. We'll have another look at this Wednesday.