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5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:20 pm
by Teepee
Let's keep it basic: 5 most consistent waves in Australia for short boarders. And no, I didn't want to put the topic in short boarders only.

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:52 pm
by Rustt
Sorry mate, no ones going to tell you they're all closely guarded secrets spots.

But if you don't know but really want to know, Just ask , which are the most crowded spots in Australia?

Like bees to honey.

Consistent does not necessarily mean good.

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:21 pm
by otway1949
MY spot is not consistant nor are the others around it . Since Ulladulla is thirty nautical miles east of where i sit we watch the south swells march up the horizon to hit htere and further north>
Sailing ships called this area the paddock for good reason and after the hell of Bass Strait the easiest port was Eden in comparison. Tie up at snug cove, gives you a great idea of consistancy :roll:

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:56 pm
by Animal_Chin
Winki.

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:36 am
by stinky_wes
Rather than picking particular waves/breaks, the real question should be "what are the most consistent coastlines for swell in australia?"

Of course the correct answer is anywhere but QLD! :P Although Margaret River would have to be up there for year-round swell/surfability.

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:36 pm
by OddaP
Newcastle. Lennox/Ballina. SW WA. Have heard plenty of people say that the Ulladulla stretch is also consistently surfable.

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:11 pm
by alakaboo
I would hazard a bet that the most consistent waves in Australia are not on the mainland.

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:26 pm
by steve shearer
Where then?

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:26 pm
by alakaboo
If you're just talking about wave energy, Tassie wins fairly easily.
If you mean consistently surfable then it is a different question.

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:30 pm
by steve shearer
Not so sure about that.

West Coast Tassie receives alot of southern ocean energy but none from the Pacific.

East Coast NSW gets both.

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:43 pm
by alakaboo
Energy is the important word in my post, Tassie waves are a lot bigger and have the highest number of days over a given threshold.
There was some stuff done for wave energy modelling a few years ago, this is the best image I can dig up which you can just read if you zoom in. Shows the frequency distribution of waves of different heights.
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CSIRO did some stuff back in 2010, here is their map (note it is median annual energy potential, not wave size/frequency)
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Can dig up the report if you're interested.

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:49 pm
by collnarra
What about the five hoaxiest waves in Australia
I'll go first: butterbox / centuries / dontals - anything involving long reef headland.

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:54 pm
by steve shearer
Seen a lot of those data sets Boo and I don't think they are relevant to the topic title.

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:59 pm
by Nick Carroll
yeah you can have coasts where there is a lot of swell all the time but they pretty much suck for surfing 80% of that time.

As far as high quality waves and consistency, surely Angas would have to rate pretty highly, it breaks in many swells and just sorta keeps on ticking. Plus it's been doing the job for 50 fcuken years.

Maybe 5 is a bit low teepee. There's probably 150 or more OK to good beachies that could claim 300-days-a-year consistency along the east coast for instance.

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 3:05 pm
by steve shearer
Angas is terrible in a S swell though and that is a bit of a fatal flaw.

When the sand is OK to good, LE-BA would shit it in......full blooded swells from the N to S. Heaps of surf spots.
Throw Byron/Broken into the mix and it's got everything covered.

But when the sand goes missing it can suck for months.

At the moment the sand is :-)(

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 3:34 pm
by alakaboo
I was specific about what I meant.

On topic:
Lennox-Ballina
Point Lookout
Margaret River region
Ulladulla region
Seal Rocks
Bundjalung region

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 3:53 pm
by Grooter
Nothing in Victoria of course :lol:

Re: 5 Most Consistant Waves in Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 4:32 pm
by alakaboo
I don't know anything about Victorian waves, only spent a few weeks there in total.
Winki, Torquay area and Phillip Is should probably go on there. Wilsons Prom as well.
Though he did say shortboarder waves, and we all know Vicco doesn't barrel.