Well, maybe not quite. That southerly this afternoon was more a puff. Made the decision not to chase it up at Windang which turned out to be a wise one. The wind would have been done by the time made it there.

Did anyone get out in the Gong?

On that note though it looks like this front will bring us a little bit of Southerly swell tomorrow. Models show there might also be a Nor'Easter. Personally I think this combo will only happen if it clears up. Either way, I'll put up a post plus photos first thing in case anyone wants to drive down for the day.

Same story in Sydney. I got to Sandringham at midday and cruised around for a bit while the wind got lighter and lighter. I finally came to a standstill at about 5pm - then the front hit and suddenly I was horribly overpowered on my 6.2. But by the time I'd made it back to shore and changed down, it was all over - bugger!

slalomfreak said...

Monitor the wind reports from the other south coat locations on the BOM site it has saved me a lot of time.
Montague Island,Ulladulla, etc can give a good idea of the strength of the southerly front.Not fool proof but helpful.

I used to do that... Ulladulla is useless actually. But it's about 9 hrs from when Montague Island is hit by a Southerly to when it hits Botany Bay... or 90 minutes from Kiama.

The problem lately has been that this hasn't worked. I can only assume it's because the usual Nor'East followed a Southerly pattern hasn't work at al due cyclones and La Ninia.

Even worse we have had a couple of Southerlies that barely registered down South while it was 30 knts at Windang. Having lived down here for 8 months now I am starting to have a theory about wind funnels.

For Southerlies:
Windang seems to get a bit stronger wind in a S to SSW direction due to Saddle Back mountain accelerating it.

Bully and surrounds gets more wind in a Southerly because the hills around bully pass work as a funnel.

Botany Bay / Cronulla get more when because of the plateau around the Royal National park.

I am not saying they are getting wind when there isn't any anywhere else but they always seem to have a few knots more than anywhere else.

Perhaps better luck next time (next Southerly)

CJW said...
I'd have to say the most reliable place in my opinion is Botany Bay, it's usually as strong as down here and often stronger/more consistent.

Totally agree... just a bummer there are no waves... still good for a bump and jump blast.