Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Guy Dixon (issued Friday 11th November)
Best Days: Wednesday morning
Recap:
Westerly breezes prevailed all day on Thursday keeping the line up nice and clean. There were a few nce 2ft options along the exposed beaches, however its faded back to a tiny 0.5-1ft today. The fact that the swell has disappeared is no big deal as southeasterly breeze is impacting the quality anyway.
This weekend (Saturday 12th - Sunday 13th):
There isn't much size to speak of on the horizon, with just subtle ebbs and pulses on Sunday and Monday. On the plus sides, winds look favourable as each swell peaks.
Hit it early each morning of the weekend for some inconsistent trade swell. Otherwise, Wednesday morning is looking good for most spots with a fresh NE and S'ly swell in the water.
The predominant swell direction over the coming days will favour the open beaches, providing a peak in size on the weekend. Winds should be light/variable most mornings, with the exception of Saturday which is expected to be under a southerly airflow. Saturday will also see the peak in swell, so hit up a protected southern corner.
Open beaches have a good looking little NE swell on the cards for Tuesday morning, fading thereafter. The effects of a long range, but inconsistent E/NE swell should then come into play from the end of the week, and across the weekend. Winds aren't looking too promising for the weekend at this stage.
We are in for a slow week ahead, with only small options at exposed location. A NE windswell is on the cards for Tuesday at open beaches, but the wind pattern could go either way.
Open beaches are looking small clean peaks of a northeasterly swell, however the outlook is pretty dormant after that. Mid-way through next week holds prospects for another northeasterly swell.
The next few days are looking good in terms of surf, with modest but workable southerly groundswells continuing to fill in under a generally westerly airflow.
Strong S'ly groundswell pulses from Sunday, continuing through most of next week with favourable winds.
The later stages of the weekend and early next week have good potential with fresh southerly swell under persistent westerly breezes.
