New swell

The long awaited swell is showing in the water. The tide is still low so there are lots of dry suck take offs and closeouts but there is the odd fun corner at Juniors for a hot summer day. However you have to be prepared for long flat waits in between sets.

0.48 at a long 16 seconds and building.

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Summer hopes

Good looking forecast for the next two days. The swell is predicted to go to 2-3 metres Friday and hit 4 on Saturday. The tide will be rising from a pretty low low around 6 am and the winds will generally be offshore or sideshore but fairly strong.

Don't get overly excited though. This isn't the first swell to either not appear or to be the wrong direction to get around the cape this summer. Even if it does hit with the recent flatness there is no guarantee that there will be any banks.

0.21 @ 12

Swell in the water

The forecast has jumped to 5 to 6 metres tonight dropping slowly tomorrow. The Naturaliste buoy is 4.92 on one measure and over 6 on the graph. Bunbury harbour is 0.9 at 14 seconds.

Tomorrow morning is meant to be offshore. With this much swell it would be worth a trip south despite the holiday crowds as every where will be firing. Bunbury will depend on how much swell the banks and reef can hold.

Motion

There is a chunky new swell in the water this morning. Lots of water moving around but not very surfable at this stage although there is the odd medium one between close outs.

If you read this early enough it would be worth a quick run south. Coastalwatch is calling 10+ with offshores.

Naturaliste has gone from two metres at lunch time yesterday to almost four at the moment. Its jumped nearly a metre since midnight and looks like it might still be going up. Stormsurf has a big blob of 20' + swell on it model.

The harbour buoy is 0.88 with a long 14 second period.

Rain

Quick bit of rain and a strong gust of wind about 9.00 pm. The harbour buoy is rising quickly and is over 0.4,although Naturaliste isn't going up that sharply. It looks like there is a fair whack of north in it so we might be getting it first. Some of the cloud is from Cyclone Iggy, which is heading down past Carnarvon, so maybe we'll get some swell on the weekend from it. The forecast is for showers, offshores and up to three metres of swell for tomorrow. I'm always disappointed when I hype myself up for waves but my blistered feet might keep me out of the water and guarantee waves for everyone else. Plus school is back - no groms.

Still here

It's been a very busy few weeks. I have been away from home for most of the last three weeks and busy working or getting ready to move house when I am here.

Add that to the fact that it has been FLAT and the ASP events boring and in the middle of the night and you get no posting for a little while.

This afternoon there was the first inklings of a swell in the water. It had a very long period and was only showing spasmodically at a few places with the high tide. Nothing surfable around 5 but with a little potential. The Naturaliste buoy has jumped from just over a metre to three today but has started to drop. The period is over 14 seconds.

It's meant to be strong-ish SSE winds over the next couple of days so maybe there might be a wave. With just under a full moon the tide might be a bit funky.

Swell

Plenty of swell around. The major buoys are all over four metres. It's already 21 degrees so it might be a big day for the clubbies.

Don't forget that the fun run is on this morning so Ocean Drive is closed and the carparks full.

One of those day

Sunny, offshore and bulk loads of swell locally. A front that didn't do much weather wise is pumping a solid swell at our corner.

I haven't had time for a good look but there does seem to be some waves between the close outs. The only real negative is that the tide is pretty low

Live blogging

Can't get much more up to the minute than a posting from the BP carpark.

Great conditions today, sunny, offshore and plenty of swell. Mostly closeouts in town but if you have the time head south, even if it is only to Capel.

Orange means go faster

The winter of swell doesn't seem to want to give up. The last three days had offshore full tide mornings and low tide glass offs in the afternoon and a front that should hit in the next few hours will bring another big red blob of swell next week.

There are a few out at the moment snaring some small side riders in the north westerly, the wind is picking up so the window for the next few days is closing quickly.

Hope

The coastal waters forecast suggests that the winds might swing offshore late tomorrow and stay that way through Friday. Swell hangs around three metres.

Locally the beach has been pretty hacked up so the swell might be wasted and even if there is a bank or two you'd better like surfing in choc milk. Be careful because there are a pile normally sand covered rocks that are now waiting for fins and feet.

If you're up for better waves head down south Friday and you should score.

Lucky seven

The Naturaliste buoy has hit seven metres despite part of the site not working. The swell is pretty widespread with Rotto being over five metres and the same size was on the TV weather forecast for Perth where it never gets over 2.5 metres.

Both Bunbury buoys are out of action so no wind or wave readings are available but the port is closed due to the weather.

Don't plan for any improvement. The official forecast has winds in the west for the next three days at around thirty knots and the swell eventually easing to 3.5 metres for a time before cranking upwards again.

There really can be too much swell !

Keep out

The ocean was a no go area today as massive waves battered the beach. With no reference point it was hard to tell how big the Back Beach was but I suspect it was a solid eight feet. I watched a wave break probably ten time further out than normal and then smash into the rocks.

The wind is back up again and it looks pretty marginal for the next few days at least. I have been told that due to the west in the swell the Wall was flat but it might start to fire with the right tide.

Stormsurf.com shows some massive swells out to sea and predicts over 30 feet on the weekend.

Don't get excited

But the swell is starting to build from the north. However so is the wind.

It's not surf able yet and the tide is full again. The swell from Carlos shouldn't be that huge as it's coming from a long way away but who knows.

With another high 30s day I had to get wet and had a hand plane session at Barnacles and a couple of spots south. Pretty soft and very, very small but a great escape from this bloody heat.

Fingers crossed.

Don't get excited

The forecast is for a very short lived 2 metre swell tomorrow with north easterly winds.

One report claims it's from Cyclone Dianne but it is probably too far away at the moment. The winds are up to 160 odd kph so there could be some swell from it but considering how close Bianca had to get to send a day of waves it might be a bit early to wax up the gun.

Swell coming ?

The forecast is for a rising 3 metre swell tomorrow with strong off shores in the morning. The harbour buoy has risen a bit fairly quickly this afternoon so there could be waves tomorrow.

Down south early would be the go now that the groms are back at school if you can find the time.

Waves

The wind is so strong the biggest waves are in the inlet !!!!!!

The harbor buoy is around 0.15, which is as close to completely flat as you can get. The biggest issue is that it has been around that level for about a week.

Maybe a swell for Christmas ?

Nearly

Nearly waves again this arvo. Still offshore but with a fair bit of south and BP Reef was so close to being surfable that its not funny any more. Little waves were breaking inside the inside suck up but rolling nicely with backlit lips and transparent blue faces. Only problems were all the fin loving rocks along the line.

The Weather Bureau are forecasting a heat wave in Perth this week. Apparently that means three days in a row over 35 degrees. If it happens it will be only the fourth time since they started counting. We won't be that hot but might hit 30.

Surfalert is forecasting a couple of kicks in the swell for the Yallingup area, one tomorrow and one on Thursday. The harbour buoy is already showing a quick rise since lunchtime and Naturaliste has climbed to over two metres. With offshore it would be a good day to call in sick and head south.

Raw

A rawish new swell has hit and looks like it hasn't quite peaked yet. The harbour buoy is over 0.7 and Naturaliste is above 4 metros.

Locally the swell is hitting everywhere and there is the odd wave in between the close out sets. There are a few going for the Friday after work session at Juniors and BP Reef. One guy was getting some decent rides on his forehand off the reef and I saw a set a Juniors which looked like it was going to allow the surfer to get a deep pit but it just ran a little quick for him. Worth a hoot anyway.

I chose the hand board again because I'm a bit over dodging closeouts. A couple of nice quick ones at Barnacles before the battle against the rip and the drift made it not worth the effort.

Looks good for the weekend, especially if you can get away from town.

Even bigger

Massive 5 metres swell hit down south yesterday morning. Coastalwatch is reporting 12' + at Yallingup and bigger at Marges.

There was an bit of motion locally and I suspect that Capel and Binningup might have had some clean waves with offshore winds.

The swell is dropping but is near three at Naturaliste and 0.5 locally. Wind should have a touch of north but still be offshore most of the morning. Would be a nice day for a sickie if it wasn't school holidays.