Swellnet Forecast Notes

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Craig started the topic in Tuesday, 25 Feb 2014 at 6:02pm

Tahiti and surrounds forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Tuesday 25th February)

Best days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday morning

This week and weekend (Feb 25 – Mar 2)

A fun pulse of acute S'ly groundswell is due to fill in tomorrow and peak during the afternoon to 3-4ft at exposed spots generated by a small polar low firing up late in our swell window over the weekend.

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Craig started the topic in Tuesday, 25 Feb 2014 at 4:59pm

Fiji, New Caledonia and surrounds forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Tuesday 25th February)

Best days: Thursday, Friday, Saturday morning

This week (Feb 25 - 28)

We're right on the edge of the arrival of a couple of strong and powerful S/SW groundswell pulses.

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Craig started the topic in Tuesday, 25 Feb 2014 at 2:14pm

Nias, Mentawai, South Sumatra forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Tuesday 25th February)

Best Days: Wednesday morning, Thursday morning, Friday morning, Monday afternoon onwards next week

This week and weekend (Feb 25 - Mar 2)

A long-range but fun pulse of SW groundswell should of filled in yesterday and peaked this morning across the region under light variable winds.

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Craig started the topic in Tuesday, 25 Feb 2014 at 1:47pm

Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Tuesday 25th February)

Best Days: Wednesday morning, Thursday morning, Friday morning, Monday onwards next week

This week and weekend (Feb 25 - Mar 2)

A long-range but fun pulse of SW groundswell should be filling in across the Indonesian archipelago today under light variable winds.

This swell should ease slowly through tomorrow, but the morning should still offer inconsistent 3-5ft sets.

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Craig started the topic in Monday, 24 Feb 2014 at 5:54pm

Eastern Tasmania Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 24th February)

Best Days: Tuesday and Friday morning at south swell magnets

Recap

The weekend saw various pulses of S'ly groundswell owing to a strong mid-latitude low moving offshore followed by a follow up polar front moving through our swell window. Winds were generally favourable for locations picking up the most size and offshore.

Today we fell in between pulses and winds were average and from the S'th.

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Craig started the topic in Monday, 24 Feb 2014 at 5:32pm

Southern Tasmania Forecast (issued Monday 24th February)

Best Days: Tuesday morning, Friday morning, Saturday morning, Sunday afternoon at exposed spots

Recap

The weekend provided plenty of waves, with Sunday being a stand out with a good 3ft+ or so of groundswell and all day offshore winds.

This morning Clifton was still picking up 2-3ft sets with the arrival of a new SW groundswell and there's plenty more swell to come.

This week (Feb 24 - 28)

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thermalben started the topic in Monday, 24 Feb 2014 at 4:46pm

South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Monday 24th February)

Best Days: Entire period - fun waves at the open points across the North Coast and SE Qld region.

Recap: The weekend’s building trade swell didn’t perform quite as well as was hoped. After a slow start on Saturday morning we saw an increase throughout the day that persisted through Sunday and this morning, with wave heights generally holding in around 2-3ft (a foot or so below forecast expectations).

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Craig started the topic in Monday, 24 Feb 2014 at 4:45pm

Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 21st January)

Best Days: Thursday morning at exposed spots, Saturday morning

Recap

Saturday started off slow and clean ahead of a new SW groundswell arriving into the afternoon. Winds tended variable into the early afternoon opening up a window of fun waves at exposed spots, but it was Sunday that offered the best waves with a peak in groundswell and morning offshores.

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thermalben started the topic in Monday, 24 Feb 2014 at 4:01pm

Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra Surf Forecast Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Monday 24th February)

Best Days: Tues: fun south swell with light winds tending NE. Wed: smaller but still fun at south swell magnets before the NE wind.

Recap:  Plenty of southerly swell over the weekend but light to moderate onshores for much of Saturday turned fresh and gusty Sunday morning (before easing into the afternoon). Wave heights peaked in the 3-4ft range at exposed beaches but on the whole it wasn’t really memorable.

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Craig started the topic in Monday, 24 Feb 2014 at 2:00pm

South Australian Forecast (issued Friday 21st January)

Best Days: Tuesday, Sunday morning and Monday morning down South

Recap

Friday's large mix of S/SW windswell and rare S/SE groundswell across the South Coast eased back through Saturday, but there were still some solid 3-4ft waves across most locations during the morning but with poor S/SE winds.

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Craig started the topic in Monday, 24 Feb 2014 at 12:01pm

Victoria Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 24th February)

Best Days: Tuesday morniong, Friday through Sunday east of Melbourne, Monday

Recap

The weekend started off average with a lack of early W'ly winds around Torquay replaced by a moderate onshore wind, that blew across most of the state creating poor conditions with an easing swell.

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Craig started the topic in Friday, 21 Feb 2014 at 5:46pm

Eastern Tasmania Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 17th February)

Best Days: Early Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday morning

Recap

Wednesday's NE swell hung in at 2ft to occasionally 3ft across the coast yesterday morning with less than favourable and fresh N/NW winds at dawn but these slowly shifted more offshore as the swell eased.