Nobbys weather station lost its wind readout yesterday at midday so I don't know exactly how strong it got, but judging by the Nobbys camera there would have been enough to get out and ride the nice size waves that had a bit of south in their direction. Which would make it the earliest NE ever that I can remember, for a proper seabreeze type NE rather than a "black" NE. (At least global warming's good for something ...)
Did anyone sail, or see it to confirm it?
There were whitecaps rolling down the coast off Long Reef yesterday. The wind meters got to around 15-16 knots??
It certainly felt like a spring day. Have sailed a nor-easter at Long Reef in early August back in 1987, was great fun.
3 tried yesterday at Gerroa but it was pretty much dead off shore with heaps of north in it...We failed. 2 got out today, Super light but more of a traditional Nor'easter feel about it. I've had a few nor'easter already but it's probably been more frontal then seabreeze...But a sail is a sail in my book. 
Plus I wore a shorty today and it was all good...Summer must be close 
The earliest I've sailed a proper seabreeze was 6th August a few years ago.
The BOM forecast 15-20 knots for Tuesday's NE (which means they thought it would be about 12 knots, then their lawyers took over.) The synoptic chart looked average for a summer NE.
The BOM advises we are entering an El Nino event and according to the BOM, one of the impacts of an El Nino event is stronger seabreezes
