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by Trev
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:13 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: How is wave height measured in Australia?
Replies: 131
Views: 39831

Re: How is wave height measured in Australia?

*breathes out slowly from the nose* Inconsistency is the sole preserve of those of us who use ‘surfer feet’. It doesn’t need to be accurate because it’s just a ballpark, a suggestion. For the measurement ultras like you and Trev (who can forget his #sixfeetissixfeet campaign) it has to be the actua...
by Trev
Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: How is wave height measured in Australia?
Replies: 131
Views: 39831

Re: How is wave height measured in Australia?

Can't help myself.

Calling any object which is double overhead, 4-6ft is just fucking ludicrous.
Regardless of how many people and "authorities" do it.
by Trev
Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29901
Views: 10089599

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Three days. Three sessions. Three different spots. And none of them my local point. Maybe tomorrow. 😀 7 hours plus. All three days were supposed to be onshore. Blowin! :wink: I reckon your life of not taking drink and drugs is paying dividends now Trev, (particularly no alcohol - massive inflammato...
by Trev
Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:28 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29901
Views: 10089599

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Three days.
Three sessions.
Three different spots.

And none of them my local point.
Maybe tomorrow. 😀

7 hours plus.
All three days were supposed to be onshore.
by Trev
Wed Jan 17, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29901
Views: 10089599

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Stonefish are getting a couple of victims a day up here lately.
by Trev
Wed Jan 17, 2024 6:50 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29901
Views: 10089599

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Pretty nasty but this was a bit further north at another rock break usually really crowded but it wasn't.. Maxed out around 20 at the worst. Manageable at that number. My point has been busy bus because it's spread out also manageable. Happy Valley however 🤬 I drove by The Alley last Tuesday. Fuck w...
by Trev
Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29901
Views: 10089599

Re: Where did you surf today ?

I am totally wasted.
3½ hour session this morning from 4.45 am.

Sleep now.
by Trev
Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: Travel & Health
Topic: General snow stuff
Replies: 712
Views: 535384

Re: General snow stuff

Think he took this a couple of days before they left Toronto. I’m assuming it’s a web cam.

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by Trev
Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:36 pm
Forum: Travel & Health
Topic: General snow stuff
Replies: 712
Views: 535384

Re: General snow stuff

My son and his family are there right now. Well, Blackcomb.

Says the day before they arrived was 2.5 hours wait. After a massive snow dump the night before.
Since he's been there, nearly a week, there's virtually no waiting.
by Trev
Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:19 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29901
Views: 10089599

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Been out of the water for two weeks. 13 stitches in my back. Low grade melanoma. Came out yesterday so 2½ hours from first light today. Fuck I missed it. Think I'm addicted to surfing. Also, probably belongs in the Growing Old thread, some inflammation in my knee apparently due to osteoarthritis. Od...
by Trev
Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:37 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29901
Views: 10089599

Re: Where did you surf today ?

BOM is not that good at picking morning land breezes or lighter/variable winds. You need high res GFS for that and they use ACCESS G. Well, I have no problem working out what's likely from monitoring the BOM 3 day predictions and live reads from the nearby wind recordings My comment above related t...
by Trev
Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:40 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29901
Views: 10089599

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Wind was supposed to be easterly up here. Straight offshore until about 10 am then very light onshore. Shortish period but good size for a club comp. Steve didn’t say it would be Easterly up there. “Lighter, more variable winds are expected in SEQLD. Plenty of fun sized E/NE swell to 3ft with the o...
by Trev
Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:31 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29901
Views: 10089599

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Wind was supposed to be easterly up here.
Straight offshore until about 10 am then very light onshore.

Shortish period but good size for a club comp.
by Trev
Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:29 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Just general surfing stuff
Replies: 11575
Views: 5542370

Re: Just general surfing stuff

What is the highest land elevation in that photo? Whole thing looks extremely fragile to inundation It's all pretty low Vic. Along the now sealed off beachfront and the canal estates which were built from ti tree swamp. On the right is Caloundra proper which is.a.lot higher. We're in the middle of ...
by Trev
Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:24 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Just general surfing stuff
Replies: 11575
Views: 5542370

Re: Just general surfing stuff

alakaboo wrote:
Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:53 pm
That's pretty awesome. You can see where the cabal estate has increased the tidal prism and changed the location and angle of the ebb tide.
Yep. Over the last 5 years or so, the canals have pretty much doubled in size so the water flow is greatly increased.
by Trev
Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:25 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Just general surfing stuff
Replies: 11575
Views: 5542370

Re: Just general surfing stuff

For anyone who's familiar with the King's Beach, Happy Valley area and the northern outlet from Pumicestone Passage this shows the new Bribie Bar crossing.

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by Trev
Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:35 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 1945268

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

Well yeah.

But isn't life all about probabilities?
by Trev
Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:44 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 1945268

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

Netting probably saves at least 50 lives a year in Australia. We've had it for so long that people forget the historic fatalities pre netting. And that was when the population was a fraction of what it is now and without the explosion in ocean usage with the advent of surfing. Meanwhile millions of...