Swellnet Forecast Notes

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Craig started the topic in Friday, 21 Feb 2014 at 5:22pm

Southern Tasmania Forecast (issued Wednesday 19th February)

Best Days: Saturday morning, Sundaym early Monday, Tuesday, early Thursday, Friday

Recap

A small increase in swell was seen through yesterday, probably emanating from an infeed of SE gales wrapping around a deepening low pressure system just to our south.

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thermalben started the topic in Friday, 21 Feb 2014 at 4:43pm

South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Friday 19th February)

Best Days: Entire period: good waves in SE Qld. Mon/Tues/Wed: strong south swell for exposed spots in Northern NSW.

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Craig started the topic in Friday, 21 Feb 2014 at 4:33pm

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

Best Days: Saturday, early Sunday, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning, Friday morning

Recap

Nothing to really talk about with a small to tiny amounts of swell and fresh to strong offshore morning winds.

This weekend (Feb 22 - 23)

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thermalben started the topic in Friday, 21 Feb 2014 at 3:56pm

Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra Surf Forecast Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Friday 21st February)

Best Days: Sun: might be a brief window of good winds at one or two spots (ie Northern Beaches), with a fun but easing south swell. Mon: pumping south swell with good winds. Tues/Wed: good south swell with winds form the northern quadrant.

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Craig started the topic in Friday, 21 Feb 2014 at 1:44pm

South Australian Forecast (issued Friday 21st January)

Best Days: Sunday morning, Tuesday morning for keen surfers

Recap

Wednesday's semi-stormy waves on the Mid Coast eased back from a tiny 1-1.5ft across yesterday with lighter and more variable winds creating clean conditions, but there wasn't much push in the swell.

The South Coast saw much larger waves out of the S/SW, coming in at 4ft across most locations but again fresh to strong S/SW winds created poor conditions.

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Craig started the topic in Friday, 21 Feb 2014 at 11:54am

Victoria Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 21st February)

Best Days: Early Saturday on the Surf Coast, every other morning with light winds and plenty of swell

Recap

We're now on the backside of a very tricky and rare S/SW groundswell event from a stalling mid-latitude just west of Tassie the last couple of days.

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Craig started the topic in Thursday, 20 Feb 2014 at 12:13pm

Nias, Mentawai, South Sumatra forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Thursday 20th February)

Best Days: Sunday onwards

Friday and Saturday (Feb 20 - 22)

There's been no change to the end of this week and the start of the weekend with small and inconsistent levels of background swell with generally light winds from the NW tomoreow and then more variable winds Saturday.

Sunday onwards (Feb 23 onwards)

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Craig started the topic in Thursday, 20 Feb 2014 at 11:38am

Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Thursday 20th February)

Best Days: Monday onwards

This week and weekend (Feb 20 - 23)

There's been no change to the end of this week and the start of the weekend with small and inconsistent levels of background swell with moderate onshore W'ly winds that will back off into Saturday.

Next week onwards (Feb 24 onwards)

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Craig started the topic in Wednesday, 19 Feb 2014 at 6:00pm

Eastern Tasmania Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 19th February)

Best Days: Thursday morning, Friday afternoon for keen surfers, early Saturday, Sunday

Recap

Yesterday saw small to tiny waves across the coast while today a new NE windswell has developed across open beaches reaching between 2-3ft depending on exposure. Winds were average early but have since swung offshore creating fun peaky waves across most spots.

This week and Saturday (Feb 19 - 22)

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Craig started the topic in Wednesday, 19 Feb 2014 at 5:30pm

Southern Tasmania Forecast (issued Wednesday 19th February)

Best Days: Possibly later Thursday, Friday in protected spots, Saturday morning, Sunday, Monday

Recap

Tiny surf was seen through yesterday and into today but we've got a real dynamic low forming this evening right over the state. Read on for more details.

This week (Feb 19 - 21)

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Craig started the topic in Wednesday, 19 Feb 2014 at 4:47pm

Western Australia Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Wednesday 19th January)

Best Days: Friday morning (keen surfers), Saturday and Sunday in the South West, Sunday/Monday in Perth and Gero, Wednesday in the South West

Recap

Small to tiny surf continued into this morning and there's nothing major on the cards until the weekend.

This week and weekend (Feb 18 - 23)

Give the surf a miss tomorrow and Friday and focus on getting out on the weekend.

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thermalben started the topic in Wednesday, 19 Feb 2014 at 4:24pm

South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Wednesday 19th February)

Best Days: Sat thru' Wed: fun trade swell on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. Mon thru' Wed: very good series of south swells for Northern NSW