El Nino is supposed to be really strong this year. Ocean temperatures in some parts of the world are already at record highs.
What will El Nino do to the wind in different parts of the world?
Will there be anywhere in the world that might have better wind conditions than normal because of El Nino, or is El Nino typically bad for windsurfing wind everywhere?

i have been lying awake every night worrying about this ?
So for tassie (and maybe southern parts of Vic, SA, WA) my understanding is that the influence of the roaring 40's weakens. The band of westerlies gets pushed further south.
This may mean fewer of the westerly patterns which bring high rainfall to the west coast of tas and create prolonged periods (up to 10 days) of strong NW to SW wind
But what i dont understand is how far south the westerlies will go, maybe tassie will still be in the midst of them? Or maybe we'll just see fewer frontal systems?
Then the other thing is el nino means warmer sea temps off our east coast which can intensify storms. So perhaps we'll see short sharp windy periods? Which is kind of what is happening here at the moment, light N and NE winds for a few days followed by strong SW change.
Also the BOM say that the strength of el nino doesnt necessarily manifest in dryer conditions. ie. a weak el nino can bring drought, a strong el nino might not, there is not a good correlation. Anyway we'll find out in a few months

philn said..
El Nino is supposed to be really strong this year. Ocean temperatures in some parts of the world are already at record highs.
What will El Nino do to the wind in different parts of the world?
Will there be anywhere in the world that might have better wind conditions than normal because of El Nino, or is El Nino typically bad for windsurfing wind everywhere?

Better around our area..more seabreezes . Newcastle / Central coast NSW.?
Worse bushfires and heat though..?

KJ see above for my 10 cents worth on tas. quick answer, unsure
Traditionally Tassie gets consistent westerlies, most of our usual wave spots work in SW or W wind. What we have seen over the last couple of years is a shift in weather patterns - still plenty of wind but from different directions.
Last year it was the polar vortex, from Aug to Dec we got smashed with constant W and NW systems. For 2 months, BOM were issuing severe weather warnings on average every second day and we were regularly seeing speeds exceeding 50kts
Then this year la nina has brought consistent NE winds and east coast swell. Moderate but steady.
Upshot of all this is that our goto wave locations have gone off the boil. Normally places like Low Head and Marrawah can be sailed several times a month, for the last year I've only had a handful of sessions there.
But on the flip side new locations along the north and east coasts which are rarely sailed have taken over. Probably sailing DTL conditions more than ever, and its been awesome scoring sessions in parts of the state that we never used to bother about