Victoria Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 9th December)

Best Days: Both coasts Thursday, Surf Coast Friday morning and early Saturday, both coasts Sunday

Recap

Clean conditions yesterday but no decent swell at all, while today a weak W/SW windswell was on the build with morning W/NW winds.

This week and weekend (Dec 10 - 13)

Tomorrow's pulse of W/SW swell is looking a touch stronger than it was on Monday and winds will be favourable for both coasts.

A deepening mid-latitude low to our south-west is producing a fetch of W/SW gales, and this should kick up a building W/SW swell tomorrow, building to 3ft to occasionally 4ft through the morning at swell magnets on the Surf Coast and 6ft+ on the Mornington Peninsula.

Local offshores are expected ahead of SE sea breezes, with the swell dropping from 2-3ft and 4-6ft respectively Friday morning under fresh W/NW tending SW winds, favouring the Surf Coast reefs.

Into the weekend a new W/SW groundswell is due, from a relatively weak but persistent front pushing in towards us from the west.

This looks to kick later Friday and peak Saturday morning to 3-4ft on the Surf Coast and 6ft to possibly 8ft on the Mornington Peninsula but with fresh SW winds.

The Torquay region is likely to see an early W'ly, but we'll confirm this Friday.

A drop in size from 3ft and 6ft respectively is due Sunday with N/NE offshores on the Mornington Peninsula and likely N'ly tending N/NW winds on the Surf Coast, favouring the beaches over the reefs. Afternoon sea breezes only look to be weak and possibly variable, so there's the possibility of a good two sessions with clean conditions.

Next week onwards (Dec 14 onwards)

Small leftovers are due into Monday to 2ft on the Surf Coast and 3-4ft on the Mornington Peninsula with a light SE'ly.

Tuesday then looks smaller with SW winds, with nothing too major on the longer term charts besides small W/SW pulses. Therefore make the most of the coming days!