Weather
Submitted by mikeee.p on Fri, 2013-07-19 11:27
Hi all,
I dont want to sound weird but can you guys reconmened if this sat/sun will be a good day to go for a fish on the boat?
Saturday 20 July
- Winds
- Easterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning, then decreasing below 1.5 metres around midday.
- Swell
- Southwesterly 2 to 3 metres.
- Sunday 21 July
- Winds
- Easterly 15 to 20 knots turning northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Southwesterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- Please let me know what you think!
- Thank you
carnarvonite
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What size boat
You forgot to say what size boat.
Ten metre boat , no problems, 3 metre boat= no way!!!
mikeee.p
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6 meter boat buddy
6 meter boat buddy
dkonig82
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wouldn't be what I call a
wouldn't be what I call a 'good day', but should be fine if you are handy with your boat
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n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
mikeee.p
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Well i was think easterly
Well i was think easterly winds but a soth west swell might flat it outt???
chris raff
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Both not looking too flash ..
Both not looking too flash .. what area is that report for , metro looking okish
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mikeee.p
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well offshore not sure. but
well offshore not sure. but rotto is recording 15 kn winds in the morning then falls to 6 kn winds arounds lunch time.
troy fuller
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Mate it's fishable, but not
Mate it's fishable, but not a nice way to be fishing getting thrown around and can't hold bottom and if the forecast is worse then predicted it will be horrible
Andy_b
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stay at home drink beer and
stay at home drink beer and watch the footy
fisherking
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Good for landbased off
Good for landbased off the northern beaches
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synthos
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easterlies
I alwasy find easterlies horrible once they get 10/15, went out in one that turned into 20/25, fine if u are close to shore, but as u head to 3 mile the waves build one - way swell omes from the other way yuk orrible and kinda scary at times.
Yikes just read my spelling (fixed up) but I ntoiced my "c" button is not working all the time on the main keyboard :(
Bodie
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yep easterly's a shit
yep easterly's a shit house.
Keep in mind, BOM is saying 15-20 kn almost all day saturday and Sunday.
Noxious
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I'm going to head out around
I'm going to head out around mid morning on sunday. I would say that will be your best bet.