Southern Tasmanian Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday January 4th)

Best Days: Friday morning, Saturday morning

Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)

• Small background SW swells tomorrow and Fri, easing Sat
• Moderate S tending fresher S/SE winds tomorrow, variable from the S/SE Fri AM
• N/NE tending strong E/NE winds Sat
• Strong S change Mon PM with building windswell Tue under strong S/SW winds

Recap

Choppy surf with onshore winds yesterday, better today with a more variable wind and 1-2ft sets. Winds are now onshore and conditions are choppy.

This week and next (Jan 5 - 13)

Looking at the coming end of the week, and a weak front currently passing under us should maintain 1-2ft surf through tomorrow and Friday morning but winds will linger from the S'th during tomorrow, freshening from the S/SE. A lighter, more variable breeze due Friday morning from the S/SE. This looks to be the pick for the keen.

Saturday looks to ease from 1-1.5ft and conditions will be clean with a moderate N/NE breeze, shifting E/NE and strengthening through the day.

We'll then see the surf bottom out into Sunday and Monday with N/NE tending E/NE winds on the former and a variable winds Monday morning ahead of a trough and strong S'ly change.

Unfortunately this looks to leave strong S/SW winds through Tuesday with a junky, building S'ly windswell.

Lighter winds and easing surf are due into Wednesday with a possible SE swell to follow later in the week. More on this Friday.