Late points

Report - 4 - 4.5m SW swell. strong westerly winds. High Tide 9.40 am. Low Tide 1.30pm.

Strange tides today, no real low tide to speak of. in some places it would be considered a high tide.

Not sure about Clifton but the swell was already too big for the beach breaks this morning. Only 1 booger was out at Rebounds which was pretty well closing out.

After a wait, a walk around and a bit more waiting, I paddled out at Mays Point. It was pretty small, but had the occasional ridable wave. With the tide coming in, things weren't looking good, but as the sun got lower and the sky got darker the waves picked up.

the only other guy in the water scored a long barrel, and I got a few nice rides before it got too cold and dark. looked to be getting better. There are some guys with plans for a midnight/moonlight low tide surf. Good luck to them.

Hopefully there will be something still on tomorrow.

Out of Action

Report - 3m SW Swell. WNW Winds. High Tide 8.58am

Been under the weather of late and not so inspired by the waves. If you read the South Arm report on swellnet you would think that its been pretty good, but I haven't seen any banks or waves all that inspiring. Certainly the banks all the way from Goats - RSLs really just arent happening. This time last year, there was good banks all over.

Looks like other than yesterday the East Coast hasn't been all that great either.

There is meant to be a good increase in swell Mon evening, so just gotta hope it hangs around for Tuesday morning.

I good do with some Wedge type barrels.

Report -2m SW swell. Westerly winds. High tide 11.10am.

Still nothing happening locally, but with a 2m NE swell on the East Coast it was time to hit the road.

Unfortunately not enough swell and bad winds for Boneyards, but really good waves all day at EagleHawk.

About 3 -4 ft with the occasional barrel. Offshore the whole time and only 5 or so in the water at any one time.

For those who made it, the drive was well worth it today.

the swell should pick up slightly for South Arm over the next few days, but it isn't looking like anything real great.

Flat

Report - 2 - 3m Westerly swell. Light northerlies. 8.30am.

What good is a westerly swell, its not going to get in here. Bring back the south. No photos, who wants to see a flat sea.

The swell basically finished on Friday and hasn't comeback.

waves were had at the beach breaks, but Wedge was all over.

Send us some swell.

Report - 4m SW swell. Winds gone offshore again. At least for the morning. Low tide 8.45am.

So wrong in the prediction for today. The SW change was weak, oh so weak. Which meant the wind went back to NW and provided the total lack of crowd, being 2 grom gutsliders and 1 grom surfer, then 2 old blokes standing up with plenty of 2 - 3 ft peaks for hours before anyone else showed up.

Now the wind is supposed to swing again this arvo, but who knows, the swell is meant to pick up as well.

All you can do is keep checking. The sun is certainly warmer around this time of day.

Wedge is On.

Report - 4m SW swell. Moderate Nor west wind all day. 3.17 High tide.

Wedge has now worked in offshore winds 4 out of the last 5 days. It hasn't been properly big like it can get the swell needs to be 4.5 + for that. But it has been consistently producing barrels like the one in the picture.

Crowds tend to peak between 9.30 and lunch then it gets pretty quiet until 3 when the after work/school crowd shows up for a late arvo session.

As I write I can see the SW change coming which will bring onshore winds and ruin any more chance of getting pitted at the wedge for a while.

The only hope is that the change is a lot stronger than predicted and it generates enough swell for the points to get up.

Back in the rubber

report - 3.5 m SW swell, early light northerly winds, turning stronger WSW. Low 8.12 am.

Wedge is on, a bit smaller than yesterday, but still good.

After a few weeks of warm weather and even warmer water its back to Tassie. Luckily the swell is there for a good surf at Wedge. Not real big, but big enough for fun waves. It seems like the water temp has settled and hasn't gotten any colder in the last few weeks.

But you still need the full toe - neck covering with quite a few opting for hoods as well. I did notice that anyone without gloves and booties looked cold, seemed to shivering a bit and spent all the time between waves with their hands tucked into their armpits. The rest of us seemed to be handling ok, especially with the sun out.

Outlook for the rest of the weekend is not so good, but come Monday arvo things are certainly looking up. Just hope the predictions pay out.

I will try and get some good photos.