South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Wednesday 12th March)
Best Days: Thurs/Fri: quality trade swell. Sun/Mon: Solid E'ly swell but with varibale conditions (best up north on Saturday, and down south o Sunday). Mon: easing E'ly swell with generally good conditions.
Recap: Strong trade swell with excellent waves across the points in SE Qld/Northern NSW, and great beachies across the Mid North with lighter morning winds.
South Australian Forecast (issued Wednesday 12th March)
Best Days: Every morning over the coming period down South, with Thursday morning and Friday afternoon worth a look on the Mid Coast
Recap
Small clean waves were seen down South yesterday morning as we fell between swells under light offshores, but a change moved through during the day, writing off the surf into the afternoon. The Mid Coast saw tiny waves that lifted to a bumpy 1-1.5ft during the afternoon with the arrival of a new W/SW groundswell.
Victoria Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 12th March)
Best Days: Thursday morning, Friday morning, Saturday morning, Sunday morning and Monday on the Surf Coast
Recap
The surf bottomed out through yesterday, with tiny clean waves across the Surf Coast and better waves on the Mornington Peninsula to 3-4ft during the morning before easing into the afternoon.
Eastern Tasmania Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Tuesday 11th March)
Best Days: Sunday afternoon/evening, Monday
Recap
Some fun NE windswell was seen across the coast yesterday, but this has eased back today with the odd 2ft set still breaking at north-east swell magnets under light variable winds.
South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Monday 10th March)
Best Days: Most days: plenty of quality trade swell. Sat/Sun: strong building E'ly swell becoming large at exposed spots, but with difficult winds (most likely Sun). Mon: solid, easing E'ly swell but with improving conditions as a change works up the coast.
Best Days: Wednesday afternoon through Sunday morning
Recap
Saturday started off tiny but a small increase in long-range SW groundswell was seen during the afternoon but sea breezes created average conditions. Sunday offer better conditions with a small easing swell under N/NE winds favouring exposed locations around the South Arm.
Today we're back to a tiny 1ft under offshore winds.
Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 10th March)
Best Days: Wednesday morning, Thursday - Saturday around Perth, Sunday
Recap
The weekend didn't offer much in the way of decent surf, as a change Friday afternoon lingered into Saturday and Sunday in the South West, while further north more favourable SE winds were seen Sunday morning but with small amounts of swell.
Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Monday 10th March)
Best Days: Thursday and early Friday: chance for light variable winds under a trough of low pressure, along with a slowly building trade swell. SaturdayandSunday: Building E/NE swell - large by late Sunday - but with difficult winds. Monday: pumping, easing E'ly swell with moderate offshore winds.
South Australian Forecast (issued Monday 10th March)
Best Days: Wednesday on the Mid Coast, Thursday onwards down South
Recap
The South Coast offered fun peaky waves on Saturday with a building SW groundswell under NE winds which persisted into the afternoon ahead of late sea breezes. The Mid Coast offered fun peelers into the afternoon and evening before easing overnight after the swell peak.
Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 7th March)
Best Days: Monday morning, Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning
Recap
Exposed locations continued to fair best yesterday with a medium sized swell and morning offshores that tended variable across some spots but gave into sea breezes at other.
South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Wednesday 12th March)
Best Days: Thurs/Fri: quality trade swell. Sun/Mon: Solid E'ly swell but with varibale conditions (best up north on Saturday, and down south o Sunday). Mon: easing E'ly swell with generally good conditions.
Recap: Strong trade swell with excellent waves across the points in SE Qld/Northern NSW, and great beachies across the Mid North with lighter morning winds.