thinking about a day trip to sandy???

se to sw for the flats????


also for a wave sail in warratah bay, what sort of direction /swell do u need to kick up a decent wave, but not too punishing on the shorey close out to get out??????

Welcome to Vic Windy! The speed run at Sandy Point is best in a SW wind, but still ok in WSW or SSW. Maybe see you there some time. Thanks for bringing wind over!

Windy,

heres some sailing pics of Sandy Pt out front of the General Store / SLC in a ~Easterley it is much the same in a NW but swell usually bigger. Waratah Bay gives a few options to sail from NW to W due to curvature of bay, gradual inclined sand botom no rocks/reef. SW/s check out the inlet.

www.flickr.com/photos/thomasrdororg/2162137464/in/set-72157603517494124/

yep, weird, i'm normally a jinx with the wind....so enjoy it while it lasts..

sayin that..went out yesterday, bit to much for the 4.2 and my seabreeze board though


lookin fwd to many a trip to sp too -lovin the speed runs and looks like you can pick a spot down the moon shape beach to get a bit of the joy x to x off..

pics look great spotty

tell the boys back home son when the cold fronts hit vic they blow half the state away . vic is the windsurf state son

anyone got a wind/swell forecast link for willys prom ??

Saturday looks like a light N/NW - which is a not usually a "good" direction for sailing on the inlet, and completely the wrong direction for the front beach.

Sunday looks a bit like Saturday, but should swing W/SW later in the day; you can sail the W/SW on the front beach, but it will be somewhat onshore.

See www.windguru.cz/ and www.tide-forecast.com/locations/WaratahBay-Australia/forecasts/latest/six_day

You might get a better sail in on Monday/Tuesday... Or Rye is looking the goods again this Saturday.

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WINDY MILLER said...

anyone got a wind/swell forecast link for willys prom ??

You can use earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/engage/dynamic-earth-updates/bay-winds

click on Ocean Obs for Wilsons Prom (though its not a good reference to use for waratah bay). Have a look under Forecasts >> BOM bass straight forecast, then look under Central coast forecast.

Use this link to see what the swell and wind are doing live for Waratah bay:
sandypoint.oishii.org/

You can have a look at a video feed within the last 30 mins to gauge the wind and swell...If you see white caps, its usually pretty windy. I have found that it takes a fair bit of wind to see white caps on Waratah bay...Best direction is either SE or NW (bigger swell with a NW). Alternatives are Venus bay which also work on both those directions, but swell will be bigger on average.