Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 10th December)

Best Days: Late Sunday, Monday

Recap

Good fun levels of N/NE windswell all weekend with generally favourable conditions if you could work the winds, while today the swell has all but gone.

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This week and weekend (Dec 11 - 16)

The surf will remain tiny until late Wednesday but more so Thursday when we're expected to see a large and prolonged NE swell event though with onshore winds.

A deepening surface trough drifting in from the west is expected to form into a low pressure system and stall across NSW/Victoria through the end of the week.

The scope of the low is such that we'll see a broad and persistent fetch of strong NE winds aimed into us, possibly reaching the gale-force range out of the E/NE on Friday when the low reaches maximum intensity.

We'll see a late kick in size Wednesday to 2ft or so, with Thursday building further 4ft+ but with strengthening NE tending E/NE winds.

Friday looks stormy and 3-5ft, while into the weekend we'll see the swell building back further as the NE fetch strengthens again in our swell window.

Size wise we're looking at surf to 5-6ft or so with poor E'ly tending E/NE winds, but we may see a N/NW change late in the day Sunday as the system dips south-southeast. Monday looks great early with a W'ly offshore ahead of a strong S/SW change and fun levels of easing swell.

The position, strength and movement of this low are still uncertain so check back here on Wednesday for a clearer idea on the outlook for the rest of the week and weekend.