winter

[offshore1]

Yeah, the winter solstice means it's winter time now for real cnutflaps. If you don't have your shit sorted by now you're fcuked.

[Beanpole]

Steamer prices are no longer on sale. Time to buy thermal rashies and boardies on sale.

[swvic]

Offy knows

Beautiful late autumnal day here. Sunny. Light offshore. Just had a surf. Life is good

[buddy]

vic it has been amazing this year how closely the seasons have correlated with the official dates. Literally 1st march and we went from a hot dry flat summer to a wet, surf filled autumn.
June 1 and winter started on cue with a cold southerly from a tasman low.

From my experience, Winter up here starts around July 10 and goes for 2-3 weeks.

[swvic]

Verification it's not Winter. Skinks aren't hibernating

[steve shearer]

South swells, SW to S winds, whales migrating north,single digit night time temps: this is it Buddy.

[alakaboo]

I was agreeing with you foamy.

Like swivel, I know a tomato is a fruit, but I don't put it in a fruit salad.

[Nick Carroll]

for christs sake.

lets hear a few surf forecasts for your areas this winter. Me, in Sydney: mediocre, mix of long sth groundswells and some east swells from the tradewind band, at least until mid July. Nothing over 6' pretty much. Failure of the ECL season. Light rain here and there.

[Beanpole]

I was agreeing with you foamy.

Like swivel, I know a tomato is a fruit, but I don't put it in a fruit salad.

Avocado is too. I have had it in fruit salads in Sri Lanka and ice cream.

[swvic]

SST lag. Air temp lag. Just into 4/3 down here. No booties or hooded vest yet, but when that starts, theyre on until the equinox. Skinks, offy and me

[Cranked]

Here's mine for the next 7 days: Ulus, SW groundswell, period 16 - 19s, height 1.6 - 3m, offshore winds.

Fcuk, its probably much the same for the next 6 months

[steve shearer]

tons and tons of headhigh to OH Point and breakwall surf with mostly offshore winds, shallow sandbars turning this into very hollow waves .........another similar El Ninoesque year to 2015.
Big shark problem.

[Rustt]

SST lag. Air temp lag. Just into 4/3 down here. No booties or hooded vest yet, but when that starts, theyre on until the equinox. Skinks, offy and me

4/3 already??

[swvic]

Yeah, water still not too bad, but air temps on the w'end were icy in the morning. Near on zero wind though so no wind chill. 3/2 & booties would have been ok. Booties just for the ground though. Feet were freezing until hitting the water

[steve shearer]

Looks like we are about to get smashed by a baby black nor-easter.

bye bye banks.

[crabmeat thompson]

Looks like we are about to get smashed by a baby black nor-easter.

bye bye banks.

man ... that would suck. the sand around here is premium.

there's still a chance it may not go down, huh?

[steve shearer]

Still a chance......but every model is interested , which is a bad sign.

[Rustt]

Yeah, water still not too bad, but air temps on the w'end were icy in the morning. Near on zero wind though so no wind chill. 3/2 & booties would have been ok. Booties just for the ground though. Feet were freezing until hitting the water

I have heard the lefts are good down you way and very popular. Can't bring myself to buy a scallop pie.