Large windy waves Tuesday, easing Wednesday then a couple of good swells from Friday onwards

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Large windy waves Tuesday, easing Wednesday then a couple of good swells from Friday onwards

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By and large, this weather progression has so far been aimed out of the South Arm’s swell window - up until this afternoon. The storm track’s been a little too north, so the resulting swell direction to date has been quite west, or even north-west across Tasmanian latitudes.

Large surf easing from Tuesday, then a great run ahead for the Surf Coast

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Large surf easing from Tuesday, then a great run ahead for the Surf Coast

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There’s been no major change to the dynamics of the low generating this new swell - satellite data captured a healthy fetch of gale to storm force winds in our swell window on Sunday, and the latest model observations show the core winds are likely to peak later this afternoon, just W/SW of Tasmania (see below). More in the Forecaster Notes.

Stacks of swell ahead; windows of good winds to boot

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Stacks of swell ahead; windows of good winds to boot

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A large, powerful Southern Ocean low is tracking south of Tasmania. It’s quite an impressive system and even though it’ll be aimed outside of our swell window tomorrow morning as it clears east of Tasmanian longitudes, we’ll see a healthy percentage of southerly groundswell spread up the East Coast. More in the Forecaster Notes.