Been 4 months now, and I can barely recall more than a handful of days with 25+ kn winds for 4 hours straight without thunderstorm warnings or bat**** crazy rain fronts.
Has it been like that for the last couple years, or are we having an exceptionally poor season?

The typical seabreeze patterns in Melbourne have definitely changed. They used to be like clockwork, I've only managed a handful of kites too.

Ahh welcome to QLDer type winds Viccos! Haha.. now will you buy my big-ass foil kites!?

Heaps of wind out there and no one out?! Brighton Beach webcam showed quite good N NE at least 18kn and no one out.

I was in Rosebud yesterday and Brighton today. Can't complain about this winter for sure, some super sweet Northerlies and even without cold fronts. Makes up for the summer a bit

I moved here aroud 2005 and it was windy, many days on the bay were too windy to kite with 100 kmph winds occuring monthly or more.

I do remenber many locals saying the 90's were **** house with lots of rain and unrelaible winds, but the 2000's were epic due to a almost 10
year drought.

2010 to 2020 was a mixed bag but generally more good years, the wind seems to stop around 2022 ish and the last 3 years approx....have been unreliable.

What seems to effect the weather and in Victoria is La Nina / El nino which is the pacfic ocean tempretures, the La nina years tend to be cooler with more rain and ****ty winds while the El Nino hotter with more wind. The next big dry will bring the winds back again, who knows when but i would say around 2 to 3 years away as a complete slighlty educated guess. !!!

You really need to tavel to get wind in the bad years.

Yeah back around 2020 it was the same deal with El Nino/La Nina. That's why I was so surprised about last summer with no winds despite El Nino.
Looks like that volcano eruption could have something to do with it:

www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-16/tongan-volcano-impact-australian-weather/101978886

Good day fellow wind addicts,

Wind & wave chaser here from the states. Couch surfing in Melbourne for 2 weeks and plotting a day mission to catch some swell. Ping a DM if anyone is interested this week. Maybe Flynn's or the ocean side of Mornington P? Appreciate any info.

Cheers

Gabo Island I notice always has crazy strong winds. 46knts NE there today. Wind meter there must be dodgey.
Looks a bit rocky though.