Much wind down there? I sailed here in the Gong but it was light, 15kts-ish. Supposedly a southerly swell pulse Monday arvo ![]()
It was very gusty at Gerroa, I sailed to about 2pm with my 5.4....overpowered and underpowered at the same time. The swell was small and it was busy with holiday makers...fun but too busy for my liking so I packed up and headed for Wollumboula for the rest of the arvo and sailed to about 7pm.
Hopefully more of the same today.
looks like maybe the Gerroa sensor has moved behind a tree or something?
www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/nsw2_yesterday.asp
Yup... that's xmas holidays on the EastCoast in a nutshell... if it is windy there are so many people on the beach it makes sailing almost impossible.
That said... looks like there is a good Southerly followed by a North Easter period on the horizon.
today the Gerroa graph looked a bit off as well. 'gong looked like it was the go. CJW, assuming you got out? I managed 6am the other morning in the ripper NE swell last week. 3 kids makes opportunities scarce!
seg, I didn't even see a kite out at Manly this arvo, it was packed with tourists. 1000 per ferry were pouring in yesterday. prob busier today.
Super busy, lots of swimmers and families learning to surf. Also had to focus on the 4-5 Kiters zipping throughout the break, changing direction and working both upwind and downwind banks whenever a wave appeared. I also got hit by a liter today sailing Butterbox at longreef.
Thought Gerroa was heaps of fun ESP yesterday. The waves were nice a bit further down the beach and hardly any surfers or swimmers there. How was long reef today? Windy enough to get out? Think I might try that tomorrow if my extremely unfit body can handle 3 days in a row.
Gosh Wanda was sooo much fun today, full planning on 5.0 from 12 to 4pm, and overhead high sets coming thru,