Has anyone got any good info on how to read weather charts & decipher what the conditions will be from a surfing perspective?

yep a HI in the bight 1020 to 1036 +++++ low in the nth 990 ===== froth

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vanders1 said..

Has anyone got any good info on how to read weather charts & decipher what the conditions will be from a surfing perspective?

Hey Mr V, go onto the BOM site and check their index.

As well as all the forecasts and observations they have a section that helps you interpret the weather and read the maps etc.

They also have an interesting section on how our Indigenous friends read the weather.

Cheers.

ET.

Mr V step outside of the house and see which way the wind is blowing

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asea said..

Mr V step outside of the house and see which way the wind is blowing

and coastalwatch- why they even have cams .


coastal have the goods on forecasts and if you keep checking it and look at they have charts when the surf is good etc you'll pick it up.

experience over the years plays a big part too.like if the wind keeps down alone with the small goldie swell tomorrow would be a classic back beach day.

back in the day, i would be driving to south of the border.

but you can score big time or waste petrol and time


cheers

I use local bom charts and wave buoy then magic seaweed, swellnet, surf forecast and tiddly tides as incoming/outgoing and high/low has a big effect on our breaks... And still mostly get it wrong mind you, I am pretty good at picking sly ones that sneak into the local

Coastalwatch their 5 day forecast is good,but Vanders you know what makes your local work.
Or are you looking at a long range forecast for a trip or something?

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Macaha said..

Coastalwatch their 5 day forecast is good,but Vanders you know what makes your local work.
Or are you looking at a long range forecast for a trip or something?

yeah

I prefer the swellnet charts. It has turned into a mini hobby for me over the last year.

Thermal Ben gives a nice detailed forecast and has the maps to the side to check what he has said to what you can see. I then cross check daily,generally a few times a day with the bomb maps to see if there are any changes.
. After a year I'm getting better for up my way,probably a bit better than him
Yet I'm looking at one spot and most of the predictions they do are based on snapper and d-bah.

Vanders call Lacey at 4am each morning he has this forecast down pat.

and why are they all so different ?

jas because there probably at home sitting at the kitchen table or in bed

Thanks fellas, just curious for no other reason other than I feel like I'd like to know how the predictions are determined and what weather patterns provide the best conditions.

Will start monitoring the charts and reading the info on BOM.

One of my mates is a meteorologist, moved from central coast to macquarie Island then to Tas, he's continually driving up the coast and coming up dry... Old mother nature's one sneaky mistress, experience helps but she's anyways the master

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AndyrooMac said...

One of my mates is a meteorologist, moved from central coast to macquarie Island then to Tas, he's continually driving up the coast and coming up dry... Old mother nature's one sneaky mistress, experience helps but she's anyways the master

So true..... But geez I'm pretty happy when I pick it a week in advance

True that, my local breaks about 30% more frequently than most people realize, on a long range swell there might be 20-30 out but I score it with only 4-5 locals regularly just bcs I know the best swell direction and tidal influence... And those are my fave surfs, a clean small uncrouded wave, cruising with a good crew beats awesome waves with a crowd any day

Same here mate..... But thankfully most stooges will still go and clog up the points while we are grinning at empty waves got to love the stupid people