Sunday’s front will be attached to a large, complex series of low pressure systems crossing the Tasmanian divide early in the week. More in the Forecaster Notes.
There's fun pulses of southerly swell on the way this period with generally favourable winds to work around.
We've got a slow weekend of waves ahead, but next week looks more than active with swells from a few sources.
There's no real quality swell with size or power due this period. There'll be decent conditions next week and a few small pulses to try and pick the eyes out of.
We've got a windy weekend ahead and not the greatest surf outlook. There'll be plenty of swell but winds will prove to be the main problem.
The swell potential from a strengthening mid-latitude low currently under WA is much better, with fun waves due through the period before slowing down.
Aside from an early window of light winds on Saturday, we’re looking at strengthening northerlies all weekend. But there are pockets of opportunity before and after this. More in the Forecaster Notes.
The image below shows storm force winds around the low, and also highlights the main headache I have at the moment - working out how much of this fetch is shadowed behind Tasmania, and how much sits just inside the western periphery of our acute south swell window. More in the Forecaster Notes.
A handful of good southerly swell pulses are on the way this period, with the most action likely into next week.
Our current strong, large and building swell will peak overnight and ease over the coming days but there's plenty more activity on the way for next week.
