The pattern of strong, zonal W’lies tied to polar lows and embedded cold fronts and weak mobile high pressure won’t offer much for NETas but we will see some small NE swells generated by radial spread from gales out of Bass Strait this week.
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/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2024/08/26/very-windy-week-fronts-cross-the-state-some
freeride76
Monday, 26 August 2024
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2024/08/23/flukey-period-north-swells
Craig
Friday, 23 August 2024
The coming period will become slow as the zonal westerly pattern kicks in across the state.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2024/08/21/fresh-nw-winds-and-small-ne-windswell-pulses
freeride76
Wednesday, 21 August 2024
More small NE windswell pulses on offer next week, but the zonal flow is expected to strafe Tasmania with strong and gusty W-W/NW winds for most of next week so surfing conditions will be rugged.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2024/08/19/strong-sse-pulse-short-term-little-ne-windswell
freeride76
Monday, 19 August 2024
A deeper fetch now operating near New Zealand longitudes is better aimed at Pacific targets (some to Fiji, most to Tahiti) with some strong sideband S/SE groundswell due tomorrow.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2024/08/16/s-swells-and-s-winds-over-the-weekend-better
freeride76
Friday, 16 August 2024
Tues should see better quality S-S/SE groundswell fill in from the deeper fetch in New Zealand longitudes.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2024/08/14/small-ne-swells-continue-much-larger-series-s
freeride76
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Plenty of size Sun as the Tasman Sea trough of low pressure gets supported by a deeper southerly fetch associated with a complex polar low.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2024/08/12/marginal-ne-wind-swells-week-some-bigger-sse-se
freeride76
Monday, 12 August 2024
Winds off the Tasmanian coast and up into Bass Strait are tending more N’ly over the short term producing some small NE windswell.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2024/08/09/not-much-short-term-looking-bit-more-hopeful
freeride76
Friday, 9 August 2024
No change expected to the broad pattern next week with strong high pressure moving into the Tasman and a broad, deep E’ly fetch developing through the Coral Sea, with an embedded trough. That will be too far north to generate any meaningful swell for NETas under current modelling.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2024/08/07/not-much-the-radar-just-some-marginal-ne
freeride76
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
Zonal fronts under Tasmania are combining with high pressure over the continent to supply W’ly ridging.
/reports/forecaster-notes/eastern-tasmania/2024/08/05/current-swell-ebbs-away-spell-tiny-surf-ahead
freeride76
Monday, 5 August 2024
Zonal fronts below Tasmania will bring plenty of W’ly ridging but not much surf so we’ll see tiny surf develop this week.
