Weak S'ly swells and not the best winds

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Craig Brokensha (Craig)

Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 17th June)

Best Days: No great days, for the really desperate try Wednesday morning

Recap

Flat Saturday but a fun pulse of S'ly groundswell was seen yesterday across the regional south swell magnets, fading into today.

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This week and weekend (Jun 18 - 23)

The coming period isn't too flash with only a couple of weak S'ly swells on the cards from weak fronts pushing up past our coast.

The strongest is due Wednesday with a fetch of strong S/SW winds due to be projected up past us Tuesday evening, producing a small and weak 2-3ft of S'ly swell for the morning, fading through the day.

Winds won't be great either, mostly out of the SW and tending S/SW as the swell eases.

A secondary similar strength front will project up past us Thursday evening and early Friday generating a similar 2ft+ of S'ly swell for Friday but with average S/SW winds. The swell may linger into Saturday but conditions will remain poor with a S'ly wind.

Unfortunately there's nothing of real significance following this until early next week when we may see a good S'ly groundswell forming from a significant polar frontal progression firing up south of us. We'll have a closer look at this on Wednesday though.

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uncle-swap Tuesday, 18 Jun 2019 at 8:49am

BW calling much more west wind in its forecast. True or me being more optimistic?

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Craig Tuesday, 18 Jun 2019 at 9:11am

This for Wednesday? Yeah the structure of the front has changed and now it looks to be a stronger low.

Clean early but tiny to flat and then a larger S'ly swell for the aftenoon but with S/SW winds.

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uncle-swap Tuesday, 18 Jun 2019 at 9:42am

yeah wednesday, thursday and friday. Thanks for the update

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Craig Tuesday, 18 Jun 2019 at 9:48am

Yeah Thursday looking fun now, Friday OK with a bit more SE to the swell. Update on Wednesday will have the deets.