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Gerroa going off QUICK

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Created by Yousurf > 9 months ago, 19 Mar 2009
bdl2333
NSW, 117 posts
2 Apr 2009 8:39PM
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yep thinking of making the trek down there. bit of a gamble but hopefully worth it.

Mattc
NSW, 105 posts
3 Apr 2009 10:19PM
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wanda 4-6pm ok the odd half mast cracker ...typically shoulder high mush with high tide
managed a slow foward on first run out ... wind then got progessively lighter

CJW
NSW, 1729 posts
4 Apr 2009 5:03PM
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I got down to gerroa about 430, it wasn't too bad with a few good sized waves coming through. The wind was weird though, super gusty (even by gerroa standards) and all over the place. By 6 it had gone basically dead offshore.

whyner
NSW, 762 posts
4 Apr 2009 7:30PM
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Sailed yesterday at Gerroa. It was waist to shoulder on the beach and quite gusty. I went to the bombie with 3/4 to mast high sets and super sucky. If your down there and see the bombie breaking, you should at least try out there. The wind on the beach was real north (gusty as) but the bombie had good consistent wind. I had a good 45 minutes by myself. Went back to the beach, average, then back out for another half hour.

Not sure why but I was the only one taking advantage of it. Now I don't want everyone to come out because it can get crowded quick but another couple out would make you feel a little safer if you go down hard and break gear.

CJW
NSW, 1729 posts
4 Apr 2009 10:27PM
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Yeah I saw you head out there whyner and was going to follow you out but didn't for some reason. I've sailed out there a few times of this season and it did look good. No one has ever followed me out there either haha.

Ian K
WA, 4162 posts
4 Apr 2009 9:57PM
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Are there 2 bombies at Gerroa? There's the one near the point but the google earth image shows some strange wave action radiating from

34deg 47' 23.69"
150deg 48' 54.44"

Do waves ever break there? Anybody sailed out there? It's 1.8 km off the beach



qwerty
NSW, 807 posts
5 Apr 2009 7:18AM
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Ian K said...

Are there 2 bombies at Gerroa? There's the one near the point but the google earth image shows some strange wave action radiating from

34deg 47' 23.69"
150deg 48' 54.44"



Thats just where Whyner fell in.

Aiolus
NSW, 102 posts
5 Apr 2009 9:26AM
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Ian K said...

Are there 2 bombies at Gerroa? There's the one near the point but the google earth image shows some strange wave action radiating from

34deg 47' 23.69"
150deg 48' 54.44"

Do waves ever break there? Anybody sailed out there? It's 1.8 km off the beach




That spot cranks up in big seas with 5m + swells.
Being 1.8km off the beach, its over 10Km till you hit land again if you have gear failure in a NE'er

Ian K
WA, 4162 posts
5 Apr 2009 1:42PM
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It is a bit of a worry how far you'd have to drift if you broke down in a noreaster, but bommie #2 is directly SW of bommie no.1, so, unless you can make your way upwind to the point - #2 is on the way home and so closer to the beach.

Thinking about it that way makes me more inclined to enter the co-ordinates into my gps and go out to check out the swell. Not on a big day, I'm not that much of a wavesailor, just a normal Gerroa low wave day.

dan berry
WA, 2562 posts
5 Apr 2009 3:37PM
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I don't think that radar image is actually gerroa because you can see swell lines. That doesn't happen at gerroa.

CJW
NSW, 1729 posts
5 Apr 2009 10:39PM
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I've seen that bommie break every now and then but it has to be big swell and a lowish tide. It doesn't look like anywhere near as good a wave as the other bommie though so i've never checked it out. That it it's a LONG way out, or seems that way.

GC74
NSW, 3 posts
8 Apr 2009 10:13AM
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Looking at the Google Earth image, does anyone sail Gerroa in a SW,W Breeze?

dan berry
WA, 2562 posts
8 Apr 2009 10:30AM
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We did at one of the comps last year. One of the most painfull experiences of my life!

CJW
NSW, 1729 posts
8 Apr 2009 10:02PM
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Southerly swell, looks like maybe a NE'r tomorrow. Who's got tomorrow off...me! weeee



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