I got there late bout 1 pm wind was 15-20 knots NE. Then it died off to 10 knots for a while then came back up. I sailed till dark it was awesome bit gusty but still fun. The wind turned real good and clean just as the sun went down. so had a great sail in the dark as well.

Leman just as you left the wind came up to 20 knots, dude. next time bro join me in a night time windsurf.

It was good to see more windsurfers than teabags out. That was great to see about 15 windsurfers and 2 tea bags, nice

And the RPS and SHQ windsurf team turned up for a quick jam i heard by Leman. they were doing loops and mass jumps. dam i missed that.

So boys i just checked the 7 day forcast and looks like we will get the same week of no wind till frid, satday. when its meant to be blowing some more north eastlys again.

So untill then i think our only options for a windsurf maybe inverloch or sandy point.

So if ya dont see me at the pit or inverloch dune the week i will see ya fellas next satdy at rye.
cheers

Nothing blowin' tomorrow?

i new you would turn up on this forum croweman. sorry son i think you will be skunked at rye with no wind tomorrow. Hey its meant to be about 20 knots tomorrow tho at inverloch. If i were you i would head up there dude as the bays wind fans will be turned off.

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konasurfing said...

. Hey its meant to be about 20 knots tomorrow tho at inverloch.

Where are you getting this feed from Kona? BOM for Central district (inc Wonthaggi) is still saying the following:

Forecast for Sunday
Partly cloudy. Patches of light frost early in the morning inland. Isolated showers from the late morning. Winds north to northeasterly averaging 10 to 20 km/h becoming light during the afternoon.

Some way off 20kts...

http://www.coastalwatch.com/camera/cameras_large.aspx?cam=4580&state=VIC&t=1:37:03%20AM&camName=Inverloch


Inverloch 1:16 AM
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Indo Swell Journal. June 1-7, 2009




East Coast VIC 5:38pm 13/06/2009
Swell size: 2-3ft
2-3ft waves on the open beaches. NE winds. Small fun waves. Check our Coastalwatch swell forecast to see what is happening.
By Mal Gregson



Wind (live): NNE 8 knots
Last updated:
14/06/2009 1:10:22 AM
RHYLL

High tide:
3.34 am - 1.36 m
4.23 pm - 1.58 m

Low tide:
9.30 am - 0.46 m
10.10 pm - 0.66 m

Water temp: 15.0 c

Air temp: 12 c

UV index: 1 (low)
Last updated:
14/06/2009 12:00:17 AM

Outlook:
Cloudy. A little light rain at times. Northerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching 30 knots at times, decreasing to 15 to 20 knots by early evening.





Swell Forecast (click here)
Forecast issued: Friday, June 12, 2009 By Ben Macartney




12/06/2009 11:44:43 AM

Saturday
Leading forerunners of a new SW groundswell, crossing over with a small windswell. Inconsistent 1 to 2ft+ Surf Coast, inconsistent 2 to 4ft open beaches. N winds 10 to 20+ knots.

Sunday
SW groundswell crossing over with a small windswell. Dropping back to 1 to 2ft on the Surf Coast and 2 to the occasional 3ft on the open beaches. N to NE winds 10 to 20 knots.

Monday
Tricky outlook (divergence in models). Residual swell, with the potential for the late arrival of a new SW groundswell. 1ft+ Surf Coast, 2ft+ open beaches. E winds 5 to 15 knots.

Tuesday
SW groundswell. 2 to 3ft+ Surf Coast, 3 to 4ft+ open beaches. Swell inconsistent in the upper range. Light NW winds ahead of afternoon coastal seabreezes, 0 to 10

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konasurfing said...

Leman just as you left the wind came up to 20 knots, dude. next time bro join me in a night time windsurf.

Well earlier that day I almost broke my legs when I hit sandbank fully powered on my 5.3. I went flying feet first into the sand with my legs straight. My toes got crunched in my booties and the boot heels got stretched up the back of my leg. Got lucky there. Plus, by 5pm that was a 6 hour run for me.

Night windsurfing there is pushing my luck. Although the tide had come in a lot by then.

Perhaps you can steal some MCG lights to line the beach

I was also there for a bit Saturday midday. Also having some issues with the sandbars. I have only sailed Rye a handfull of times though, so am not all that familiar with sandbar location etc. Had a couple of nice but short runs parallel with the beach. Plenty of guys/girls on the water though which was good to see.

I remember seeing your ezzy sail. Glad it wasn't just me smacking into them.

Yeah after my couple of lucky scrapes I went further out into the waves. Rye is usually ok for sandbars in high tide, it was just super low at that time. Funny thing about Rye is it has about 4 rows of sandbars, unfortunately not all in a perfect line. Creates some small but nice ramps but you certainly can't take your eyes off the water in the back breaks, especially if you have a fairly flat board like my freestyle. Good day all up.

I could have gone to Rye on saturday but decided on Green Point, BIG MISTAKE! I was at Green Point from 8.45 am till 4pm and didn't get in the water I only have myself to blame, south channel was going of all friday night that should of been enough to get me to head south.

The wind seemed to be stuck in a channel right down the middle of the bay.

It was really good earlier at Rye (before lunch). I was easily going on my 4.5 for a good couple of hours.

I saw a couple of nice forward catapults of guys hitting the bar...As you say Leman, tide was like a king low..

My feet and fingers were bloody frozen, had trouble gripping the boom after a while as my fingers had no feeling in them, but I'm not complaining.....any time on the water this part of the year is a gift.

Looks like some northerlies again for the later part of the week, lets hope it builds up some by next w/e

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I could have gone to Rye on saturday but decided on Green Point, BIG MISTAKE! I was at Green Point from 8.45 am till 4pm and didn't get in the water I only have myself to blame, south channel was going of all friday night that should of been enough to get me to head south.

The wind seemed to be stuck in a channel right down the middle of the bay.

Jman - I nearly ended up at Green Point also as I wasn't sure I wanted to drive all the way to Rye. But was also watching South Channel island friday night/Saturday morning. Sorry to hear you didn't get in the water!

Leman - Not so much smacking into them as stepping off every time I came across one, which was often. Was also my first time on a new board so was wanting to take it a little easier in close. But should have gone further out.

Fri early morning was also good , blasting on 5.8, Sat 4.2 and some nice little lumps over by the pier and less sand bars to contend with. if you sail out towards Rosebud again you have clearer runs and less obstacles . May sound daft but i use latex surgical gloves to keep off wind chill, just need to cut tiny hole on finger tips, just incase you fall in ! cheaper and less bulky than standard windsurf gloves.
roll on nxt sunday possible northerlies again

windaddict i got frost bite on me fingers as well its nasty stuff i need to get some gloves. i find once you start moving it goes tho

So next week end I want to see more windsurfers there. Lets take over the beach cant let thease kiters have it. I want to see the car park full dudes. Next week I want to see at least 30 guys sailing. Lets have a mass windsurf jam and scare the kiters away.

The car park was full... when it was at it windiest.

but i want it full up right up the road lets have a mass windsurf party. Like the good old days when i use to sail a old bombora there you would see about 30+ guys there all skimming over the sand bars every weekend in winter. g the northlys were better back then we would get 3-4 days of northlys to 3 days of no wind each week. i could allmost telll exactly when the wind was going to turn up. now we are lucky to get 1-2 windy northlys a week. dam drought is to blame i think.

Yeah i was really impressed at how many people were there. Makes me wonder how many people windsurf in Victoria? Especially considering most of the people there would have come down from the city and it wasnt exacty hot. I wasnt even alone when i got out at 8:30am.

Zacd buddy how a ya?? 8:30am is to early for me dude. good to know there were blokes out keep watch for me son.

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konasurfing said...

but i want it full up right up the road lets have a mass windsurf party. Like the good old days when i use to sail a old bombora there you would see about 30+ guys there all skimming over the sand bars every weekend in winter. g the northlys were better back then we would get 3-4 days of northlys to 3 days of no wind each week. i could allmost telll exactly when the wind was going to turn up. now we are lucky to get 1-2 windy northlys a week. dam drought is to blame i think.

Kona lad - your enthusiasm is impressive. I hope you get your bloc party this weekend. Sailing an old bombora in your youth sounds nothing like my own teen years in overcast Manchester - where kicking a football (a round one) on a wet slab of concrete was as close as we got to the ocean. Probably explains why I now live in Victoria - really is God's country down here.

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CROWEMAN said...
[brSailing an old bombora in your youth sounds nothing like my own teen years in overcast Manchester -

p.s. I've no idea what an old bombora actually is/was, but it sounds exotic enough to be both worthwhile and interesting. Have you still got it?

hehe croweman, bombora are a toilet making company in australia who use to make sailboards years ago. They were great boards on a buget real cheap and fun and you could not break em cause they were made out of that real tuff plastic the same stuff those old one design long boards were made out of. I had a pink one with 3 fins. brought it from a guy in rye for 140 bucks cash. And i went home with a smile on me face that day cause it was me first short board. Dont have it any more chucked it in the bin. plus i dont want to be seen riding a pink board i will attract the wrong type of people. i had a pink harness, pink board, pink sail, me brother use to stir me big time about it and still does.

Its on boys the rye red bull windsurf jam its on. only one problem seabreeze keep changeing there forcast each 2 days so who know if we will have wind it looks good, but hey who believes seabreeze?? i trust the bom better

so its on NE 20 knots Rye windsurf jam

should have a super cross event there