In between, a trough and cold front are currently approaching Tasmania, expected to bring a vigorous W/SW-SW flow o/night into tomorrow, bringing a spike in short range S swell short term.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2025/05/07/mix-s-swells-and-small-ene-swells-the-tropics
freeride76
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2025/05/05/small-mixed-bag-week-fresh-offshore-winds
freeride76
Monday, 5 May 2025
We’ll see the current dominant high (1034hPa) straddling New Zealand which is directing a broad trade fetch through the South Pacific and into the Coral Sea slowly migrate eastwards this week with an E’ly dip forming a trough of low pressure due E of SEQLD mid week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2025/05/02/surf-easing-back-tinyflat-the-weekend-under
freeride76
Friday, 2 May 2025
We should see some better quality E/NE swell from a southwards moving low pressure trough which moves from the South Pacific into the Northern Tasman next week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2025/04/30/small-good-quality-swells-the-rest-the-week
freeride76
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Remnants of a low on the weekend are also sitting near New Zealand with swell generating fetches off the South Island and emerging from Cook Strait into the eastern Tasman. Swells from the New Zealand fetches keep surf zones active into the end of the week with mostly offshore to light winds into the weekend.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2025/04/28/spike-in-s-swell-tomorrow-better-quality-surf
freeride76
Monday, 28 April 2025
We’ll see another front and trough develop tomorrow on the leading edge of the dominant high, which sees S swell short term then a strong S/SE-SE fetch develop through the lower Tasman from mid week. Plenty of swell from this source seeing fresh S’lies, easing later in the week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2025/04/25/fading-north-swell-the-weekend
Craig
Friday, 25 April 2025
Make the most of the current energy, with some localised S/SE-SE swell on the cards for mid-next week.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2025/04/23/enough-swell-various-sources-small-wave-most
freeride76
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
We’ve got a slow moving high sitting east of Tasmania and a trough of low pressure off the North Coast directing an onshore flow across most of the Eastern Seaboard tending N’ly off Southern NSW to Tasmania.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2025/04/21/small-blend-swells-week
freeride76
Monday, 21 April 2025
We’ll see the trough bring S’ly winds and swell as it moves up the NSW Coast through the first half of this week. That will mostly obscure some traces of long period S swell pushing up the Tasman, generated by a large polar low.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2025/04/18/make-the-most-the-current-swell
Craig
Friday, 18 April 2025
It's large and windy this afternoon but the weekend looks great as the current swell eases steadily.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2025/04/16/storm-force-low-in-the-tasman-sends-large
freeride76
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
After a binary interaction between the two systems, the merged low transitions into a storm force sub-tropical low which tracks SW into the Northern Tasman. This storm force low has a broad fetch aimed directly at the East Coast down to Tasmania, generating a large E’ly quadrant swell for Good Friday and the Easter weekend with uncommonly large swell periods for swells from that direction.
