Just a question.. i have been here the last 3 winters (your summers) this one has been the best.
Just wondering has this been a good one? or a normal one?
In gero there has been pretty much wind and waves all the time.. just interested cheers

If there is a drought on the East Coast, ideally combined with an el nino effect, it's almost guaranteed to be a good summer on the West Coast.

If there is a lot of rain on the East Coast due to a la ninia it often will effect the West Coast as well.

The BOM web site usually does a forecast for the summer around September. From memory they are already predicting a higher than normal chance of an el nino event next summer.

Definitely better than the last 2 years.
like stehsegler said pacific el nino patterns create better windsurfing conditions in WA
BOM says the pattern is neutral this year but chances of el nino increasing next year.
I appreciate the struggle the east coast farmers face but at least there is a positive

This season has been great.....and exhausting, but the last 3 have been particularly crap !! This season is how I remember Gero.

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I appreciate the struggle the east coast farmers face but at least there is a positive

It gets worse still. In years when there is an el Nino and major bush fires around Sydney the NE seabreeze seems to be super powered. I remember last major el Nino summer back in 2003 or so. The royal national park south of Sydney was burning after months of no rain. I sailed over 14 days straight on a 4.7 maxed out. In a bad Sydney summer the 4.7 never leaves the sail bag.

In South Aus. we have had the best season any of us can remember - by a long way. I have kept a bit of a log and have had about double the hit ratio of a normal year, even taking into account that I have had more time to sail this summer... Spring was the same.

someone who has been there 8 seasons says this years was their best season of the lot

it was only my second and it was certainly better than the last

usually there for 3-4 weeks at a time

qld has had one of it's best summers in donkeys too. strong northerlies (with swell) before christmas and pretty much non stop southerlies (with swell) since christmas.

Yes this one has been 'normal' compared to last two which were La Nina years

I reckon the last eight have been cr4p compared to years before.

Not normal here in Perth yet, but from lano and up the coast it was awesome

When the euro tour depart the season starts ...the euro tour arrives the seasons finished ,,,,ok theres a few months in between of howling wind with a few set waves to wow there little wowsers.

Sorry bro .........it hasn't turned off after you left , just got better Take a a look at the forcast


Season to season

More Swell less wind More wind less swell More swell same wind,No = offshores warm water more offshores............swell swell swell


Agreed ...you would be stoked with your travels to Geraldton 2013 / 2014 dec jan feb Hue provided lots of wind lasting all day with punchy surges in ground swells .

Good journeys