Seabreeze
Submitted by bluebagger on Sun, 2009-01-11 13:41
Thinking about going for fish tomorrow and was wondering what time the seabreeze has been kicking in. Don't live right on coast and it seems that what the wind is doing here can be a bit different on the coast 30km away. I want to get the boat in and go reasonably deep off Mandurah. Was in Mandurah yesterday and at 1pm it was quite strong but can go early and get back in before it gets up too much. Have been checking out BOM, seabreeze, elders etc and they all seem to say different things. Supposed to be a cool change tomorrow and askhuey says go for it but BOM is saying go in the cut or crabbing. Who uses what web sites for weather and how accurate are they. Any advise would be appreciated.
GO BLUES.
H.S. Chan
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you nearly answerd your own question, www.seabreeze.com.au
How to balance the love of my car with my love of fishing...
Fish-wrxed?
bluebagger
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Not very accurate at times
The different web sites say different winds. Sea breeze is the one I look at most but been out before when it said good winds and it was crap and visa versa. Are any of the others more accurate? Think i'll just pack the gear to cover all options. Inland it has barely been blowing til midayish and I was wondering if I'm a chance to get out for a couple of hours early.
GO BLUES.
Clewesy
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seebreeze
Yeh I use seebreeze but only as a guide. It's not far off??
Auslobster
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Current observations...
If you're some distance from the coast and want to know what the wind is doing, go to the "current observations" link on the BOM website. I reference the Mandurah obs every day at work to see how strong it's blowing by the water. They've got observation points at Rotto, Garden Isle, Ocean Reef, and Swanbourne, and the numbers are updated every few minutes. Or you can click on one observation station and it will go back 72 hours to give you some idea of the current pattern.
For what it's worth, we've been having a mid to late morning near glassoff every day off Mandurah for pretty much the last two weeks. It's just a case of putting up with some annoying offshores early on (you run out with those anyway) but you should get at least four or five reasonably comfortable hours out on the water.
bluebagger
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Thanks Auslobster
Thats the sort of info I was looking for.
GO BLUES.