Understanding why conditions were so shitty today

 I was out behind mewstone this morning, on the way back in to Fremantle I got smashed it was very unpleasant can someone help a rookie out and tell me why, was it the wind heading directly into the swell, I really don't want to get caught in that again. Cheers 


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 Yep moderate Easterly makes

Sun, 2017-08-27 16:45

 Yep moderate Easterly makes not for a pretty sea. 

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 its a bit like that. if the

Sun, 2017-08-27 16:46

 its a bit like that. if the swell is comming in and the wind the opposite it will get a bit messy if the swell is up and the wind blowing. you need to work out what the weather is supposed to be doing so you have an idea which location your going to fish then your not going to be punching into the slop on the way in. been caught out a few times as well till we got it worked out. trial and error

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I came back from an

Mon, 2017-08-28 09:46

I came back from an overnighter at Rotto at about 10 am Sunday morning, was bloody aweful! Luckily we were in 10 tonnes of boat, so smashed through it OK whilst still sipping a chardonnay, but it would have been terrible in my 24 footer!

 

I think the easterly was pushing against the tide or current, as the easterly chop was standing up really sharp. 

 

Easterlies are dangerous!

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haha john f

Mon, 2017-08-28 10:20

 you wernt with scano where ya? and tell me about it was out there in me 6.5m gettin smashed hahhaha smooth seas never made a good skipper!!

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 Yep, chainsaw Scanno was my

Mon, 2017-08-28 20:04

 Yep, chainsaw Scanno was my deckie. Had a cracking weekend. 

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