Does the Manly wind report read high?
Yes it does read higher than Banana Bank and Hope Banks Beacon. In particular Se to East is higher.
if you are at Manly Royal Queensland you will see the wind gauge is about 15 m high above the grandstand.
If you at the weather station on RQYS webpage you can get a better idea looking at the last 30 minutes average on the graph line.
So knock a few knots off then for the wind at water level? Or just ignore it and use Banana Bank and Hope Bank?