Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 11th October)

Best Days: Thursday morning, Friday in protected spots, Saturday, Sunday morning

Recap

Tiny surf yesterday, similar into this morning though with maybe a touch more energy.

This week and weekend (Oct 12 - 15)

Our small pulse of S/SW swell for later today and tomorrow is on track with satellite observations confirming a good fetch of SW winds being aimed through our southern swell window earlier this week.

Small 1-2ft sets are due, fading through the day under a persistent W/NW breeze.

Moving into Friday and our building W/SW swell is still on track, followed by some reinforcing SW energy on Saturday.

A strengthening polar low will generate an initial fetch of W/SW gales, passing right under us Friday morning, while a secondary fetch of polar W/SW gales will be generated through the day.

We should see a building W/SW swell through Friday, reaching 3ft into the afternoon from a smaller 2ft early, easing slowly back from 2-3ft on Saturday morning, further to 1-2ft Sunday.

Winds Friday look to be favourable for most of the day for protected spots as another front approaches resulting in persistent W/NW breezes, NW tending variable Saturday and NW tending W/SW Sunday.

Into early next week there's a tiny swell on the cards from a weak low, but besides this the coast is expected to go flat as a slow moving blocking high dominates our swell window. So make the most of the coming swells.