Be careful Fri 26/06 Huge Swell
Just read an article on WA Today, apparenty there is a forecast for huge swell around tomorrow. Be careful out there.
"A wave period - the time for two consecutive crests to pass a fixed point - is roughly 14 seconds, but this swell could see periods of between 18 and 20 seconds.
"This will make for some really big sets. The kind where I'd expect to see jet-skis out on the water towing surfers in" he said.
All coastal areas in the South West are expected to see significant swell before the size starts to weaken as it moves up the coast towards Jurien Bay and Carnarvon.
The cause of the huge waves is a deep low in the Indian Ocean which saw storm-force winds of up to 200km/h earlier in the week generate the swell which is headed towards the WA coast."
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Peko
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I was planning on heading out
I was planning on heading out of Woodies first thing in the morning but I'm having second thoughts now.
MattMiller
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Yep
been forecast for over a week now and been discussed well, everywhere!
Swompa
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Guess that Parmelia Bank
Guess that Parmelia Bank will be breaking well..
Rob H
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It is an awesome sight, a
It is an awesome sight, a big ocean swell while out at sea, one that I never tire of seeing.
Unfortunately dont see them up on the NW coast
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
carnarvonite
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Big Swell
Copped swell between 14 and 18 metres when bringing a boat over from Auckland to Eden in 2000, like climbing up the side of a steep hill, sit on the top for couple of seconds then do the run down the other side. The 5 days before that wasn't funny though, copped an absolute belting so I suppose we earned it.
Swompa
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We copped 16m swell when
We copped 16m swell when sailing down from Exmouth, off the back of DHI.
The boat with a 20m mast, sat upright between the waves because there was no wind down there.
Not sure if it was that or the mouldy cheese sandwich though what followed was three days of vomiting until we got to the Abrolhos
terboz123
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Crossing the Drake Passage
Crossing the Drake Passage comming back from Antarctica...was interesting lets just say... a 105m boat getting thrown around like a toy........ swell was well up above 15-20 and 50-60 knot winds...the boat had to turn away from its path and start driving towards new zealand (we were heading to argentina) for a day to go with it....
a hard days fishing still beats work
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Wonder how my Coastrunner
Wonder how my Coastrunner would go in that
Love the West!
Ashen
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Put a beer cap into a
Put a beer cap into a blender, turn it on and see what happens. Same result I'd imagine!
A fish in the hand is worth 10 in the water!
Swompa
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You win. I have some friends
You win. I have some friends in Ushuaia at the tic. They have been stuck there for two years after their yacht dismasted 600 miles from Cape Horn.
Some of the photos of the weather is phenomenal
mark64
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mate
that's some great info and literally could save somebodys life if only those 3 fellas from over east had or knew that sort of info.
mark64
Jackfrost80
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Spewing I am recovering from
Spewing I am recovering from knee surgery otherwise I'd be dusting off the board. Might have to organise a 'meeting' tomorrow and at least go check it out
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Glen.vit
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You think ffb wouldbe hectic
You think ffb wouldbe hectic in a 5m centre console in the morning?
meglodon
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Don't plan on going
I wouldn't plan on going between the north end of GI and Carnac Island. When a close out happens there it really closes out right across the gap, not just in places. I haven't seen it from a boat but have witnessed it on a winters day from the north end of GI and it was truly frightening to think what would happen to anyone caught out between the islands.
Madmerv
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Surf cam
Just checked Scarboroughs sur cam and there must be 400 surfers in the water this morning..Lol
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
Bryce Day
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So did the massive swell
So did the massive swell arrive?
Swompa
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Looks like it is going to be
Looks like it is going to be big on Saturday. I am heading to woodies in 10 mins...
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Down at hillarys now working
Down at hillarys now working and ocean looks mint
devhay
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Would be a mint day out on
Would be a mint day out on the stand up jetski if I had the bugger running.
Watching the swellcams at work and Margs is looking pretty solid
Howard George
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Margs
Starting to build up in Margs. They can hear the waves breaking 10ks away in Margs Town.
Swompa
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Nothing too spectacular off
Nothing too spectacular off Coogee. Swell is building but not breaking yet. Only seen one breaker on Parmelia bank
Peko
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Thought I would play it safe
Thought I would play it safe and cancelled out today. I couldn't resist the temptation and drove down to Woodies to have a look. Bloody hell missed out on a good mornings fishing but best be safe than sorry I guess.
wez0062
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big swells
as per Meglodon's comment, I would be very carefull north side of carnac island between the mew stones, massive full length close outs thru there in big swells, speaking from pretty scary experience
Wez0062
Swompa
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Just back from a morning
Just back from a morning out. Only saw one roller in challenger passage. Parmelia bank had a few sheep pop up and inside Fish Rock also had the occasional white wall. It was certainly building.
water quality in Owen anchorage and outside FSC is shocking though with only 2-3m of viz inside the sailing club.
Went out to clean the bottom of the big boat and had a squid onthe way home. Managed three cuttlefish only.
Dale
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It's Going 5.5 meters at present off from Cape Naturaliste
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Mr Wolf
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this is apparently an image
this is apparently an image of north point margret river today at 11.30am with the bay breaking
pic taken from swellsup.com
MattMiller
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Yep
this was today at Gracetown.
The wave at the back is breaking at 'Centres' and the wave in the foreground is actually at North Point.
dano83
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Maybe a Stupid question but
Maybe a Stupid question but I've been there recently passing through, and walked along the bay to the point just having a gander. there's a few places you can surf, and I can see why people move there for that lifestyle. i noticed quite a few breaks along the edge of the point and the cliffs is centres not far of of them but in the middle of the bay ? Then there's another break over towards boat ramp ?
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a point to the north and a
a point to the north and a point/cliffs to the south and centres in the middle further out then north point but inside south point if i remember correctly. has been many moons since i took my boogie out to souths
dano83
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Cheers, yer I think I know
Cheers, yer I think I know which one now, sad how many life's have been lost there but it's an awesome place non the less.
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oneh
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stupid question but wouldnt
stupid question but wouldnt swells generate "gutters"? e.g. good for fishing?
Jackfrost80
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Good luck getting to them
Good luck getting to them though. I tried tailor fishing at Mitchell Rock in 2.5m swells, was an absolute write off
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
petermac
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happy young blokes
I was at the bent street ramp to day and got chatting with 4 young blokes that had just come back in on their boat , " get any fish boys"" Nah mate we went for a surf its fair pumping behind seal island" figgered out that meant that meant they had been out surfing , was good to see young healthy looking blokes with big smiles on their faces , rather that the meth heads we see everyday in the newspaper, surfing something I never have done but wish I had
ranmar850
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Big at Ningaloo
We went out this morning after the easterly dropped. Central passage fronm Lefroy Bay is safe in any swell, but, as you get out towards the drop-off, it shallows up to 8 fathoms before quickly dropping to 20 fathoms. A big set stood up on us as we approached the drop. First one was big, and I could see the second one over the top of the first
it never breaks here, i said to my mate, but it was pretty scary racing towards something about 20 foot high sharp enough to make me throttle off as we crested it, but didn't even feather, and then we were in the safety of deep water. The fishing was the best we've had so far--not much pelagic action, with only one mackerel released, but the floating gar got me a nice rankins and a horse of a long nosed emperor at 89cm, probably a pb.Then I started putting lightly weighted mulies down and caught big spangled one after the other, and even a nice green jobfish, all on the Crostage Majorcraft PE 1-3 with a Stradic 4000FJ and 10kg braid. We left a hot bite at 1.30 to see if we could find a sail, no luck there so we went in, surfing big swells across the shallows. And not a single shark all day.