South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Monday 14th April)
Best Days: SE Qld: Tues: peaky waves about the open points. Sat: small/mod but quality E/SE groundswell. Northern NSW: Tues-Fri: moderate pulsey SE swell with good winds in the mornings. Easter Sat/Sun: quality E/SE groundswell (biggest in the south) with good winds.
Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Monday 14th April)
Best Days: Tues/Wed/Thurs: plenty of swell but winds still a bit iffy (aim for the early mornings). EasterFri: plenty of swell and all day offshores. Easter Sat/Sun: strong E'ly groundswell with offshore winds. Easter Sun/Mon: strong S'ly groundswell with offshore winds.
South Australian Forecast (issued Friday 11th April)
Best Days: Wednesday, later Thursday on the Mid, Friday morning down South, Saturday across both coasts, Sunday morning down South, Monday on the Mid
Recap
Sunday morning was the only decent time to get a surf in across the South Coast as onshore winds relaxed enough to create clean faces with a small to moderate but peaky swell.
Eastern Tasmania Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 11th April)
Best Days: Sunday, Monday morning, Tuesday in protected southern corners, Wednesday morning
Recap
Tiny average surf was seen through yesterday and this has persisted into this morning, but a late kick in stormy S/SE swell should have been seen across the coast with strong S/SE winds.
South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales by Ben Matson (issued Friday 11th April)
Best Days: Sun: afternoon session on the Northern NSW points. Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs/Fri: great week of persistent SE swell and S'ly winds, ideal for the points in most regions (although a little undersized in SE Qld compared to Northern NSW). Late Easter Friday/Saturday: solid, long period E'ly groundswell with good winds.
Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 11th of April)
Best Days: Monday, Wednesday morning, Friday
Recap
A moderate mix of new W/NW swell and long-range SW groundswell peaked in the 3-5ft range across the South West yesterday, with 1-2ft waves in Perth, while Gero started off slow and in the 2ft range, but an increase to 2-3ft was seen during the afternoon.
Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Friday 11th April)
Best Days: Sat/Sun: protected locations out of the wind. Mon/Tues/Wed: plenty of swell but winds still a bit iffy. Thurs/Fri: good winds and plenty of SE swell. Late Easter Fri/Sat/Sun: strong E'ly groundswell.
Recap: Small, easing swells on Thurs with offshore winds, becoming tiny today with freshening N’ly winds ahead of a NW tending SW change.
South Australian Forecast (issued Friday 11th April)
Best Days: Tuesday morning, Wednesday
Recap
The surf wasn't as good as the start of the week yesterday, but light variable S'ly winds created fun lumpy waves across exposed spots with a small swell.
Today a deepening surface trough has moved in from the east and this has brought with it strong onshore winds and a junky windswell across the South Coast, with tiny bumpy waves on the Mid.
Eastern Tasmania Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 14th April)
Best Days: Wednesday morning, Thursday onwards
Recap
Friday's late kick in stormy SE windswell came in larger on Saturday but conditions remained poor with S/SE winds.
Sunday provided much better conditions with a good pulse of E'ly groundswell to 3-5ft across open beaches under lighter and more variable S'ly winds.