Victoria Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 4th April)
Best Days: Monday onwards east of Melbourne
Recap
The swell increased further during yesterday across both coasts, with the Torquay region performing the best with an early W'ly breeze and 3ft+ of swell before fresh S/SW winds kicked in.
Today a much larger and stronger SW groundswell has filled in to 4-5ft on the Surf Coast and 8ft on the Mornington Peninsula, but conditions are still poor with fresh S/SE winds.
This weekend (Apr 5 – Apr 6)
Today's large SW groundswell will ease through tomorrow ahead of a slightly smaller and less consistent pulse due to arrive Sunday afternoon. A peak to 3-4ft+ is likely on the Surf Coast, with 6ft+ sets on the Mornington Peninsula with long waits between sets.
Winds will unfortunately be average across most locations all weekend with a fresh and gusty E/SE breeze. If you can find some protection from the size and wind you'll be doing well.
Next week onwards (Apr 7 onwards)
Next week is pretty simple in terms of forecasting with a slow and steady drop in swell due from Mondaythrough until Thursday as winds slowly clock from the E/NE around to the N/NE.
This will favour locations east of Melbourne initially, with more exposed coasts the go as the swell gets smaller.
Unfortunately a possible better pulse of groundswell due next weekend has been downgraded, with nothing really significant showing on the charts besides a small and inconsistent SW groundswell for Friday and Saturday. Winds look to be favourable again for exposed locations, but we'll review this Monday.
Victoria Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 4th April)
Best Days: Monday onwards east of Melbourne
Recap
The swell increased further during yesterday across both coasts, with the Torquay region performing the best with an early W'ly breeze and 3ft+ of swell before fresh S/SW winds kicked in.
Today a much larger and stronger SW groundswell has filled in to 4-5ft on the Surf Coast and 8ft on the Mornington Peninsula, but conditions are still poor with fresh S/SE winds.
This weekend (Apr 5 – Apr 6)
Today's large SW groundswell will ease through tomorrow ahead of a slightly smaller and less consistent pulse due to arrive Sunday afternoon. A peak to 3-4ft+ is likely on the Surf Coast, with 6ft+ sets on the Mornington Peninsula with long waits between sets.
Winds will unfortunately be average across most locations all weekend with a fresh and gusty E/SE breeze. If you can find some protection from the size and wind you'll be doing well.
Next week onwards (Apr 7 onwards)
Next week is pretty simple in terms of forecasting with a slow and steady drop in swell due from Monday through until Thursday as winds slowly clock from the E/NE around to the N/NE.
This will favour locations east of Melbourne initially, with more exposed coasts the go as the swell gets smaller.
Unfortunately a possible better pulse of groundswell due next weekend has been downgraded, with nothing really significant showing on the charts besides a small and inconsistent SW groundswell for Friday and Saturday. Winds look to be favourable again for exposed locations, but we'll review this Monday.