Eastern Tasmania Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 13th January)
Best Days: Wednesday morning, later Friday
Recap
The weekend didn't see much in the way of surf with a tiny mix of swells both Saturday and Sunday.
Today a new S'ly swell has come in under favourable N'ly winds, favouring south swell magnets.
This week (Jan 14 - 17)
Today's S'ly swell will fade into tomorrow as a NE windswell builds down the coast.
Come Wednesday the NE windswell should peak in size, but a underlying S'ly groundswell will be in the mix, generated by the same low that generated today's swell, stalling to our south-east during today, aiming a fetch of SW gales through our swell window.
Winds will be good during the morning and offshore ahead of a SE change into the afternoon.
The S'ly groundswell will fade into Thursday but the NE windswell should start to build again as a weak but persistent northerly ridge develops down the Southern NSW Coast.
This weekend onwards (Jan 18 onwards)
The NE windswell should ease off into Saturday as a S'ly change sweeps through, and behind this a small increase in S'ly swell is likely.
Beyond this there's nothing too major on the cards at this stage, but we'll look at this again on Wednesday.
Eastern Tasmania Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 13th January)
Best Days: Wednesday morning, later Friday
Recap
The weekend didn't see much in the way of surf with a tiny mix of swells both Saturday and Sunday.
Today a new S'ly swell has come in under favourable N'ly winds, favouring south swell magnets.
This week (Jan 14 - 17)
Today's S'ly swell will fade into tomorrow as a NE windswell builds down the coast.
Winds will be good during the morning and offshore ahead of a SE change into the afternoon.
The S'ly groundswell will fade into Thursday but the NE windswell should start to build again as a weak but persistent northerly ridge develops down the Southern NSW Coast.
This weekend onwards (Jan 18 onwards)
The NE windswell should ease off into Saturday as a S'ly change sweeps through, and behind this a small increase in S'ly swell is likely.
Beyond this there's nothing too major on the cards at this stage, but we'll look at this again on Wednesday.