Banks

Report - 3.5m SW swell. Light NW winds swinging W and increasing in strength. Low tide 6.12am

Following the large swell of 2 weeks ago and follow up swells, Goats beach has a series of banks at the moment that are the best I have seen in 10 years of living in Tassie.

Naturally they are better on a rising tide, but seem to able to hold anything up to a 4m swell, when you should really be surfing at Wedge anyway.

Early winds have been favourable all week and the banks don't look like disappearing anytime soon. Should be crowded on the weekend.

Best Wedge This Year?

Report - 3.5m SW Swell. Light winds early-30kt W later. High Tide 8.00am

If you managed to get up early enough the wedge was pretty much the best its been all year. Consistent 3 ft, with the occasional 4 ft set. The bank is so long and flat after last weeks points swell, that with the right direction the waves peel nicely along the beach, especially the lefts.

But, if you got there after 10am then bad luck the wind had ripped into it and whilst there was still waves, they just didnt match up to earlier.

Morning tides are good for the weekend. So dont sleep in too long.

post points afterglow

Report - 3.m SW swell. 30kt SW winds. 12.30pm low tide.

If you didn't get in the water Thurs - Sat then you missed out. There are photos and discussions all over the web as the swell hit everywhere from VIC - NSW and Fiji. It even featured on nightly news and the papers. So there really isn't any need to disect it any further.

In our relaxation, it wasn't such a problem that there wasn't alot worth surfing the past few days.

But now that the afterglow has subsided and people are getting itchy from all the fresh hot water of their showers, the wind is just not cooperating. The banks are there, the swell is there, but the wind is onshore and the waves are a lumpy mess.

catch up on homework, do some accounting and hope there is a break or change in the wind patterns.

How many is a crowd

Report - 4m West Swell. N - WNW winds. High tide 10.25am

There is really only 1 decent bank around at the moment and its in the picture.

The right handers are holding up nicely, the occasional short barrel is to had, with the occasional decent left worth watching for.

I thought it was going to feel a bit crowded with 6 people when I paddled out, but when it got to 12 things were getting crazy.

Fortunately a strong rip was keeping the numbers spread out and the less fit out of position.

Big things are predicted for next week, so the banks should all shift again.

Wild South East

Report - Southerly 2.5 - 3m swell. Northerly winds. 7.08 am High tide.

The swell really has a bit of east in it, as apparently it wasnt getting into Clifton but was quite big along the rest of South Arm.

After perhaps the wettest weekend in years, when it first blew NE then SE, Monday left us with a nice 2.5m SE swell and some of those rare but good points along the lower east Coast behind Freycinet and Maria Is were working.

I forgot to to take the camera, but did manage to score some nice waves and a well out the way spot.

I have had reports of other places being just as good.

Wedge was on again this morning getting the last of the dying South swell, which in the end lost the battle with the northerly winds.

Looks like there could be more on the way in the next few weeks.

Wedge is On again

Report - 3.5m SW swell. Light winds early, strong SW later. 7.25am low tide

If you got up early enough, before the wind hit - the swell is big enough for Wedge to on again.

Some 3 ft sets doing the classic Wedge breaking into left and right barrels. It was nice and sunny early on and no more than 15 people in the water at any 1 time

Unfortunately the wind hit at about 11 this morning and that was it for today.