8 am and the wind is already starting to fill in around sydney.
Might be a good day to go for a distance PB - pity my GPS has died

Craig

long reef will be more like 10knts with the odd 15knt gust if lucky!

as im too lazy to drive south ill still head to longy...who knows stars might align and it might get windy!

Corrimal, where it's at ^_^ Was sketchy for a while, went north and died for an hour or so around 1pm but by 2pm it was a solid 25kts gusting more. Struggled bigtime holding down the 5.2 (broke mast Wed so couldn't rig 4.7) but it was awesome....until I broke my boom. I'm having a bad week

WOOO HOOOO

North Newcastle was cranking
Fully lit on the little wave board and 5.4

tomp said...

chris, you're having a poor week but at least you are sailing. northern beaches only 10-15 knots today, wanda looked 20 knots (on cam) with a few out. I think north of Sydney was at least 20 knots as well!

I reckon on average that the Wollongong area has been more consistent than the famous Gerroa for NE so far this summer. What do you think.

I had a sail at Towradgi a few weeks ago. 20 knot + NE, off the pool. Pretty good. There were a few kites south and north (at Corrimal) but no other windsurfers. Have you sailed there or do you usually go to E Corrimal or Gerroa. How is Sandon Point, do you sail there in a NE?

I usually sail at East corrimal in a NE'r or Gerroa, I have sailed off the pool once this season in a NNE breeze and it was really good but the planets aligned that day. I usually drive past on my way to EC to check out the swell at Towradgi but often it's a lot smaller than EC as the reef chops it down a lot. I have also sailed at Sandon once this summer in a NE'r but I usually give it a miss as it's a bit too cross on for good wave riding, plus it's a bit of a weird reef there.

Regarding Gerroa, it has been a bit weird the last few weeks but it's still the most reliable place on the coast, I'm very surprised it didn't work there today. There have been at least 5 times this summer when it's been < 10kts here and i've driven down there and it's been > 20kts NE.

The problem in Wollongong at times, and I don't think anyone really knows what causes it (escarpment to close?), is that it will start blowing NE, building nicely through the morning then die and go NNE or N at midday. Sometimes like today it comes back but other times it just dies for the day. This is what makes Wollongong somewhat unreliable and very frustrating at times, you can see the wind line of 20kts+ 300m out to sea but it just doesn't get into shore.

WindWarrior said...

WOOO HOOOO

North Newcastle was cranking
Fully lit on the little wave board and 5.4

Had a nice sail at Nobbys and there was some swell too.

Pelo had some good waves and plenty of wind. Probably best sail for a loooooooooog time.

Coal Point Lake Macquarie
Mon 10-15kt NE( I sailed ) - Tues ? 25kts NE - Wed 20 -25kts NE( got out ) - Thurs 25-30kt NE- Fri 20 -25kt NE ( got out )

No wonder sailors in Wa + Maui get so good..even my gybes were improving after 2 days with similar decent wind!

stehsegler said...

CJW said...
The problem in Wollongong at times, and I don't think anyone really knows what causes it (escarpment to close?), is that it will start blowing NE, building nicely through the morning then die and go NNE or N at midday. Sometimes like today it comes back but other times it just dies for the day. This is what makes Wollongong somewhat unreliable and very frustrating at times, you can see the wind line of 20kts+ 300m out to sea but it just doesn't get into shore.

That's exactly what Gerroa has been doing all bloody summer long. I actually would say this season has been way better around the Gong or up in Sydney then down here.

Either their was wind and no waves or there was no wind but waves. Really frustrating. I don't even mention the complete lack of decent southerlies.

**** sarcasm warning ****

Thats because even though gerroa has always been known to be windy city, that knowledge has always been somewhat an underground knowledge.

those who knew communicated with a nod and a wink, and that was all that needed to be said about the place...

then along comes some blow in johnny come lately 'local' who posts photos and opinionated forecasts and tourist advice and traffic details and pie shop prices and seasonal swimwear fashion shifts...

so it no bloody wonder huey has said 'right, stuff you lot, the seabreeze stays offshore out to sea'

way to ruin summer stehsegler.....

They do a good bacon and egg roll at the pie shop. But i wont tell anyone!Mums the word.

All sarcasm aside, everyone knows about Gerroa, if you don't you've been living in a bubble so in terms of these reports 'oh noes overcrowding our local spot !@11one' it ain't going to happen, imo. If someone really wants to do some good they should try and instigate a ban on surf schools from all but the very north 200m of the beach ^_^ I've lost count of the number of times i'm on a sweet wave that takes me towards 'their area' and 4 kooks on foam mals drop in....painful

On a side note I reckon late today it might work down there, won't be strong but it might kick in at around 15kts NE? Not sure on what swell is left down there though, looks a bit too NE.

DavMen said...

Whats a 'piecost'?

Around $3.50....boom boom.

CJW said...
On a side note I reckon late today it might work down there, won't be strong but it might kick in at around 15kts NE? Not sure on what swell is left down there though, looks a bit too NE.

There was a bit of swell still around... but the wind was pretty marginal. There were a couple of people out around 5pm. From what I could see, using binoculars, it wasn't exactly spectacular sailing.

tomp said...

Sue, you are right there. Some regular sailing in consistent conditions translates into noticable improvements.

In WA or Maui 3-4 hours per day works out to be about 6 months sailing!

Does it last when you get home? I always wonder if you went somewhere and learnt how to gybe in ideal conditions whether you'd keep it when you get home & its light , gusty & hardly ever blows?

Funny that, I always thought green was the colour of envy..... thumb away stooges