First up, the coming week and a half is looking really good for surf in eastern Indonesia.
Yesterday's large pulse of inconsistent S/SW groundswell should of eased a touch into today but should remain fairly steady under light variable winds.
South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales Surf Forecast Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Monday 3rd March)
Best Days: Tues/Wed: small peaky trade swell, best suited to the open points in SE Qld and Northern NSW.
Recap: Peaky trade swell in the 2-3ft+ range across most regions over the last three days. A south swell provided occasional sets in the mix at south facing beaches on Saturday as well.
Best Days: Tuesday at exposed spots, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at exposed spots
Recap
The weekend started off fun, but Sunday was the day to surf with a strong new SW groundswell under moderate onshore winds. The swell was strong enough to remain straight even with the onshore winds before S/SE sea breezes did more damage into the afternoon.
Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 3rd March)
Best Days: Wednesday morning, Thursday morning, Sunday morning
Recap
What an excellent start to autumn! A strong and powerful SW groundswell filled in overnight Friday and peaked Saturday morning to a large 6-8ft+ in the South West, 2-3ft around Perth and 4-5ft+ up in Gero under morning offshores.
Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Monday 3rd March)
Best Days: No great days
Recap: Peaky combo of easing south swell and short range east swell on Saturday, with early light offshore winds tending moderate onshore throughout the day (better than forecast due to the morning's unexpected light winds). Smaller surf Sunday with a similar wind regime.
Victoria Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 3rd March)
Best Days: Tuesday, early Wednesday west of Melbourne, Sunday
Recap
The tune of the weekend was to onshore winds, with an easing swell from late last week on Saturday and then a strong increase in long-range SW groundswell through Sunday. Sunday morning started off a little slow but the swell kicked strongly into the afternoon although S'ly winds left only a couple of options for savvy surfers.
Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Friday 28th February)
Best Days: Monday: small, inconsistent south swell with light winds.
Recap: Small junky waves with poor conditions.
This weekend (Mar 1-2)
Not a great weekend for Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra surfers, with mainly small swells and moderate onshore winds Saturday that’ll become light throughout Sunday.
Eastern Tasmania Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 28th February)
Best Days: Monday morning at south swell magnets, dawn Wednesday at open beaches
Recap
There wasn't much in the way of surf yesterday leftover from Wednesday's NE windswell, but today a small increase in S'ly groundswell has been seen with variable winds.
Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Tuesday 4th March)
Best Days: Every day over the coming period
This week (Mar 4 - 7 onwards)
First up, the coming week and a half is looking really good for surf in eastern Indonesia.
Yesterday's large pulse of inconsistent S/SW groundswell should of eased a touch into today but should remain fairly steady under light variable winds.