SA surf outlook Jan 9 – 13 2016

Tomorrow looks like the first day of offshore conditions on the South Coast, and you better grab it while you can. A large slow moving high will maintain the hot weather ( high 30’s on Sunday ) and light ENE winds will slowly tend more NE-N over the Fleurieu and Yorke Peninsulas.

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A new SW swell will also lift wave sizes during the day down South, possibly over 4ft along the Middleton – Goolwa stretch. The Mid Coast will only see small refracted swell, nothing much over shin-high all day. A SW change will roll through early Monday morning but winds will quickly ease and move back to the S-SE. In any case the South Coast will then remain onshore and sloppy at least up until the middle of the week.

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If you’re thinking Yorkes, Sunday or Tuesday / Wednesday will be good with a new SW swell and SE winds favouring breaks on the West-facing side of the peninsula.

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The Mid Coast may see a small lift from a refracted swell on Wednesday, winds will be good but it’s unlikely to top one foot.

The weather looks to be heating up again during the week, and winds may be swinging more North heading into next weekend. More on that later in the week.

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