Swellnet Forecast Notes

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thermalben started the topic in Wednesday, 12 Mar 2014 at 1:01pm

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. 

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thermalben started the topic in Wednesday, 12 Mar 2014 at 12:23pm

Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Wednesday 12th March)

Best Days: Sunday/Monday: Solid E/NE swell with offshore winds.

Recap: Small swells mainly from the E/NE, every so slowly building in size.

This week (Mar 13-14)

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Craig started the topic in Wednesday, 12 Mar 2014 at 11:13am

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.

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Craig started the topic in Wednesday, 12 Mar 2014 at 9:18am

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.

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Craig started the topic in Tuesday, 11 Mar 2014 at 12:04pm

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.

This week (Mar 11 - 14)

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thermalben started the topic in Monday, 10 Mar 2014 at 1:20pm

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. 

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Craig started the topic in Monday, 10 Mar 2014 at 1:11pm

Southern Tasmania Forecast (issued Monday 10th February)

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.

This week and weekend (Mar 10 - 16)

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Craig started the topic in Monday, 10 Mar 2014 at 12:04pm

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.

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thermalben started the topic in Monday, 10 Mar 2014 at 11:11am

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. Saturday and Sunday: Building E/NE swell - large by late Sunday - but with difficult winds. Monday: pumping, easing E'ly swell with moderate offshore winds. 

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Craig started the topic in Monday, 10 Mar 2014 at 10:33am

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.

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Craig started the topic in Monday, 10 Mar 2014 at 9:21am

Victoria Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 10th March)

Best Days: Tuesday east of Melbourne, Thursday onwards

Recap

The weekend started off average across most spots with a fresh E/SE breeze and small-moderate swell favouring more protected spots east of Melbourne.

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Craig started the topic in Friday, 7 Mar 2014 at 1:33pm

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.