No wind just yet. At 6am it was raining but that front is now (7:30am) moving out to sea. It's a clear sky behind it which should clear the path for a Seabreeze.

Swell is about 5 foot but there is a bit of wait between good sets. Plenty of people out on the water for an early Sunday morning surf.

Not sure how strong the Seabreeze will be as the models seems to contradict each other. So I am just going with my gut feeling... I would say it will be about 15 knts by lunch time so we should see some sailable conditions.

Remember the the MS Sydney to the Gong Bike Ride fundraiser is on today. You should expect delays on the way down from Sydney. For exact details on where to expect slow downs see the MS web site: www.gongride.org.au/about/ride-maps.asp

Looking ahead it seem we might get a few days of good Nor'Easters toward the next weekend.
Update (10:00 am): Nor'Easter started to blow. It's only light at about 5 knts at the moment but a good sign none the less. Waves have dropped a bit but that could be due to the fact that we currently have high tide.

2-3 ft = don't bother
3 ft = better than working
4 ft = time to get out the wave board
5 ft = this will actually be fun
6 ft = you could break a mast
7 ft = you could drown
8-10 ft = I'll have think about this
10 ft + = mommy!

Ps: today was about head high in the good sets

Pps: no point me calling logo, mast, whatever high. That would actually require for me drive down to the beach, rig a sail, somehow stand it upright out in the break, swim back in and call the wave height. Well everyone knows that's just silly.

Instead I just look out the window. If there are waves breaking at the point I know it's time to call it.

Was a weird swell though big lumps on the second bommie and consistent swell at the first bommie and chips, but not getting thru to the beach much. Good fun though.

I know it's been talked about before but i've always though the traditional surfing style of denoting a waves size from the back as totally bizarre. Who the f@# looks at a wave from the back....

Was ok up here in the gong today, about head high in the sets, crept up to about 20kts...5kts more would have been nice.

CJW said...

I know it's been talked about before but i've always though the traditional surfing style of denoting a waves size from the back as totally bizarre. Who the f@# looks at a wave from the back....

I always thought if you call the size from behind the wave when surfing you could make the call how big it was not the guy surfing.
That way the guy surfing can't bullsh1t how big it was.

Ps, why do I get red thumb for saying it was weird swell? Di$&head

CJW said...
Who the f@# looks at a wave from the back....

Well... not many people but sadly since I don't live in the seven mile beach caravan park the best I can do is looking out the window and putting up a post. Yes I could drive down to the beach and wait around for a windsurfer to show up, take a photo, post that and make a call based that but that way I wouldn't be able to get the posts up before lunch time.

dan berry said...

Ps, why do I get red thumb for saying it was weird swell? Di$&head

Why are you still paying attention to that crap?