Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 26th August)

Best Days: South swell magnets Thursday, Friday and Saturday AM

Recap

Small fading 1-2ft waves Saturday morning, tiny yesterday and flat today.

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This week and weekend (Aug 27 – Sep 1)

The coming days will remain void of any major swell but moving into the end of the week, a good polar front forming south-west of us will generate a good fetch of W/SW gales through our southern swell window Wednesday, pushing slightly east-northeast towards New Zealand on Thursday.

A fun S'ly groundswell should be seen from this source, possibly showing late Thursday but peaking Friday to the 3ft range across south facing beaches.

Just ahead of this a weak front moving through Wednesday may produce 2ft of S'ly swell for Thursday, but weaker in period.

Winds on Thursday will be favourable, light W tending N'ly and then great Friday and NW tending stronger N'ly.

No major size is expected into Saturday morning with fading 2ft sets at south swell magnets with N/NW-NW winds.

Longer term some small and weak N/NE windswell may be seen on the weekend, but some better NE swell is due as a broad Tasman Low develops, aiming a good and prolonged fetch of E/NE winds through our swell window, off the NSW coast. Size wise we're looking at surf around 3ft, but more on this Wednesday.