Friday, April 8, 2011

Offshore and warm

report - 1.5m SW Swell. 10 - 15 kt North wind. 1.00pm high

yesterday was the day, if you managed to find the right bank at high tide. Light, warm offshores all day, with pretty much the right swell height for good waves around Sth Arm. Its smaller today, but the north end of beaches are still picking enough swell for the odd decent ride. Its still offshore right now.

Reports have come in of nice banks and head high waves at the south facing locations on the Tasman, with similar conditions for tomorrow expect some crowds around.

Enjoy the warmth.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

weekend onshores

report - 3-4m SW swell. Very strong w - sw winds. 1.15 pm low

the swell is on the increase. Unfortunately after quite a good week its been onshore all weekend.
Also doesnt look like getting big enough for the points. maybe some small ones if lucky.

The winds are looking better for Tuesday and wed so hopefully the swell will hang around a bit. The tides are also favourable for morning waves this week.

now that winter is approaching the amount of people in the water is getting less and less, but whilst the air is cool, water temps are still ok. No need for the hoods etc just yet.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Groundswell

Report - 4m SW Groundswell. 15knt NW wind (before shifting SW). 12.46 Low.

Get into the protected corners this morning and surfing was quite pleasant. A good solid groundswell brought plenty of 3ft waves, unfortunately the outgoing tide meant most were shutting down. But with a bit of patience and luck the occasional one held up for a fast ride across the face.

Crowds were non existent all along South Arm.

The wind has turned SW now, so its pretty much all over until tomorrow morning.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Where did the waves go

Report - 3m SW Swell. 10kt NNW. 12.12 low

The 3m swell must have been real westerly as it wasnt producing anything over 2 ft this morning.

Plenty on offer yesterday around South Arm, especially in the afternoon as the tide came in and the seabreeze kicked in quite late.

The east coast fired over the weekend as the wind switched from NE - SW and the easterly swell hung around for a few more days than predicted.

No photos, sometimes you just want to surf.

The autumn weather pattern is well settled in with calm days, but decent swells rolling in from down south.

Things are looking pretty good in the morning for the next couple of days, so find a bank and hit it.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

waiting

Report - 2m SW swell. 15 - 20kt Northerlies. 11.30 Low.

Lets face its small today. But nice enough weather to go for a paddle. There are a few decent waves, but its a long wait between. Long enough for your hair to dry out.

So now its just the waiting game as big things are predicted for the end of the week. Just hope it all plays out as expected. Hopefully then I will have some photos worth posting again

Thursday, March 10, 2011

flat once again

Report - 1m SW swell. Early light SE winds. Tides - not important really.

2 days with no work and a flat spell hits.

On such a day, what else can you do.

-Get out there and go fishing. Put the boat in, dropped a cray pot at Bruny then caught a few squid on the way home

-Patch up the dings in your boards, just waiting for some waves now

-catch up on paperwork and accounting, ready for tax time

-hope and pray for some rain

Monday, March 7, 2011

smaller, but still ok

Report - 15knt NE, 1.5m SW swell, 10.50 High.

yesterdays south swell hung around into the afternoon (along with Sunday crowds at Wedge), but has disappeared this morning. There are a few waves of decent size still around, but I couldnt find any decent banks. Various sections of the same stretch of beach, have very different wave sizes.

Its still offshore, so somewhere must be good.

Should be a warm day, for Tassie at least.