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seems like the earlier more westerly component of the swell (209degrees via stormsurf, which corresponds to the first incarnation south of NZ) is being replaced by better quality swell with more southerly component

Correct.

swell direction is pretty west, which accounts for the waves which run and grow onto dry reef.

As for artificial reefs, I've sat in a room full of really bright people who know shiteloads about the Aus coast and the processes that affect it. Boo knows alot of 'em. There's very good evidence that reefs with a coastal protection element bought into the equation could be extremely valuable at mi...

Yeah, I've got a 3/2 Fireskin.

Wore it lightly up here (less than a 20 times) and it ripped from under arm to chest down at Bells this year (just out of warranty).

Sent it to Rip Curl and they fixed it foc.

Warm wetty but I would have been spewing if they hadn't fixed it.

On a 6-8ft day an 8ft+ wave is not a bomb set.

A ten foot set is a bomb set.

Bomb set would a set significantly bigger than the normal set waves. 8ft+ is not significantly bigger than 8ft.

OK calls locked in.

Surfline: 8-10-12ft faces with bigger 15ft+ faces bomb sets ( 4-6ft with bomb 8ft sets)

Shearer: Incon 5-6ft with bomb 8ft sets.

Brokensha: 6-8ft with bigger bomb sets (10ft?)

Don: Incon 6-8ft with bigger bomb sets (sorry Don 8ft+ is not a bigger bomb set).

8-12ft faces = 4-6ft.

But I think they are overcooking a notch. Especially because they are event forecasters and need a Hollywood finish.

hhmmm......not so sure.

That storm-force intensification (which was always progged) occurred between 150-160W.

Fetch is still oblique to the 185/180 great circle rays.

and far, far south.

I'd be thinking an incon 5-6ft with the ocassional bomb set.

Cool, I just hope no-one gets school sores from surfing in the human soup.

maybe wash in disinfectant after surfing.

Looks like Pimpama gets the gong.

Who here amongst our Brisbane residing brethren would stop off on the way home from the Goldy to throw down some shredding at the Pimpama wave park?
Or drive down on a surfless spring evening to lay down some turns?

I predict we'll go from the worst winter in recent memory to an equally tragic spring.

Hopefully, one last strong blast of southern energy to at fire during Sep.

I'm looking forwards to Jan/Feb for the next quality wave and the hopes of a classic autumn on the El Nino rebound.

Chile/Peru getting bombarded.

And Northern Luzon/Taiwan .......I know a secret left reef that would be off chops.

No boats, no whitey, nothing there. Just a few farmers and oxen.

If you like lining up with a million sweaty retards to play in the chlorine.

I'd rather mow the lawn, go flathead fishing or eat a piece of fried dog caca.

Nick, every thing you said and wrote about strongly indicated an early finish to save money......and yet they have done the complete opposite. Waited until the death, costing maximum money on a far from sure thing.

Why is that?

Someone with balls has stood up to the bean counters.

In any case: why anybody thinks by making more waves in a highly urbanised environment that you're gonna reduce the number of surfers has always completely fcuken baffled me. All the currently available evidence points in exactly the opposite direction. x a million. Webber's pool built in the Hunte...

Yeah, pretty zonal, and far south too.

Latest ASCAT passes look a bit better, a perk up in the fetch as it came SE of NZ.

Like I said, never really aims up but radial spread from a broad, long source fetch should see the best of the waiting period.

Stoked they are waiting for waves.

That storm looks OK now as it rounds the south island. Never quite aims up and delivers into the Tahitian window but radial spread from a very broad source fetch should see some high quality incon 4-6ft surf.



Trades seem to re-organize by Fri/Sat too.

That low looks terrible......aimed away from Tahiti but continuing to fcuk with local winds.