Eastern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 9th March)

Best Days: Tomorrow, Wednesday morning

Recap

Fun and clean, easing waves from 2-3ft on Saturday, hanging in there Sunday with OK conditions for the keen.

Today our building E/SE swell from the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Esther has come in at a good 3-4ft this morning, with sets to 5ft due this afternoon as it peaks.

This week and weekend (Mar 10 - 15)

While today we've seen the strongest pulse of E/SE swell from ex-Tropical Cyclone Esther filling in, there's still plenty of surf due tomorrow and Wednesday as the swell slowly eases.

We saw a great fetch of strong to gale-force SE winds hanging in through our swell window yesterday afternoon, weakening into the evening and then shifting away and more towards New Zealand.

This will result in a steady drop in size, easing from 3-4ft+ on the sets tomorrow morning, down from a smaller 2ft or so on Wednesday.

The mornings will be cleanest with offshore winds, giving into NE sea breezes both days.

Later week some small and weak N/NE windswell is expected across north-east swell magnets from a weak fetch of N/NE winds through our swell window Thursday, though only to 1-2ft later in the day and Friday morning.

NW offshores will give into a S'ly change Friday but with the lack of swell, it's not looking great. Make the most of tomorrow.

The change will strengthen overnight kicking up a weak windswell for Saturday but with poor winds.

Longer term a strong ridge building across the Tasman Sea and squeezed by a tropical cyclone drifting south-east from the Queensland coast will generate some small E'ly swell early next week with potential for more size beyond, but we'll keep a close eye on this.