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Recover access at /Forgot using your account email (or member name).
Use the recovery page — you do not need the old classic “login name only” forms.
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Try /Forgot, then Feedback with enough details to verify the account.
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We can only restore access when we can reasonably verify the account is yours.
See the main forgot login / email help article.
This topic is covered in the main recovery article.
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Change your account email in Account Tools (/Member/Tools#email).
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#email on that page).You can also use /Member/ChangeEmail.
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You can rename your login (display / member name) from Account Tools, subject to availability and site rules.
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Change your password in Account Tools (/Member/Tools#password).
You can change your password from Account Tools.
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Open /Messages/Threads while signed in — PMs are not on the old profile pages.
Private messages are still on Seabreeze — they live under Messages, not the old classic profile pages.
/Messages/Threads).From there you can read threads and compose a new message.
You can add Seabreeze to your phone or tablet home screen so it opens instantly - no typing a URL, no hunting through browser tabs, just tap and go.
It takes about 10 seconds on either Android or iPhone, and the icon sits right on your home screen like any other app.
On Android: Chrome menu, then "Add to Home Screen". On iPhone: Safari Share button, then "Add to Home Screen".
Adding Seabreeze to your home screen is the fastest way to check the forecast before you head out - tap the icon and you're straight into wind, tides, and swell without opening a browser first.
It works on any Android phone or tablet using Chrome, and on any iPhone or iPad using Safari.
On some Android versions you'll be asked to drag the icon into position - just drop it wherever you want it.
On iPhone and iPad, this only works from Safari - it won't show the option in Chrome or other browsers on iOS.
"Takes 10 seconds. Saves you 10 seconds every single time you want to check the forecast."
The icon looks and works like an app - tap it and Seabreeze opens full screen, straight to your last location.
No typing, no searching, no navigating through browser history.
Perfect for the quick check before you leave the house, or the tide lookup when you're already at the ramp and running on mobile data.
Set it up once at seabreeze.com.au and you're done.
Why strong wind is green, how to reverse colours, and why arrows point where the wind goes.
Seabreeze wind arrows answer two questions at once: direction (where the wind is going) and strength band (colour).
On many charts red means danger. Early Seabreeze graphs used green for stronger wind so “good sailing breeze” stood out in a friendly way. That heritage remains the default for many views.
Prefer red-for-strong? Use
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/weather/ReverseGraphs
). Your choice is remembered in the browser (cookie). If it seems not to stick, allow cookies for seabreeze.com.au and avoid opening an old bookmark that forces the other mode.
Arrows point where the wind is going (downwind), not the compass direction the wind is coming from. That trips up a lot of first-time visitors — it is intentional.
Related older topics (now merged here): green-for-strong FAQ, reverse-colour stickiness, and “arrows point the wrong way”.
Only the on-site recent history tools — no custom long-range history exports.
We do not offer custom multi-year wind history exports for arbitrary dates beyond what is already on the site.
On each location's weather pages you can use the history / recent observations tools that ship with that location (typically recent days of live wind, not decades of archive downloads).
For a specific research dump of raw values for a past calendar day, see raw wind data — that is generally not available as a personal export service.
Raw personal exports are not available — use the on-site graphs and observations.
It would be great to offer one-off raw extracts for a chosen date, but we do not provide personal raw wind data exports.
Please use the graphs and observation views already published for each location. Bulk or historical research access is not a supported helpdesk service.
Embed widgets from /weather/shared.
Yes — we publish embeddable weather widgets.
See the current options at /weather/shared (the old /widget.asp address redirects here).
Follow the instructions on that page for panel types, location, and styling. Please do not scrape or hotlink unpublished internals.
Tap the star on any wind graph, then open My Weather to see your custom layout. It works in this browser without logging in; log in if you want the same favourites on another device.
Most of the time the standard weather layouts are enough. When you want your own mix of graphs - for example Perth metro next to south-west forecasts - use favourites.
If the layout does not remember your choices, allow cookies for this site. Favourites are stored in the browser (and with your account when you are logged in).
The Synoptic Chart is the big picture view of pressure across the country, the highs, lows and fronts that actually create the wind you see forecast for your beach. Reading it gives you a sense of why the forecast says what it says, and what's likely coming after it.
The wind graph tells you what's expected at your location. The synoptic chart tells you why, by showing the whole weather system responsible. Once you can read one, forecasts start to make a lot more sense, and you get an intuitive feel for what's coming a few days out.
An H marks a high pressure system, generally calmer and clearer. An L marks a low, usually unsettled and windier. The lines circling each system are isobars, and wind flows roughly along them, clockwise around a high and anticlockwise around a low in the southern hemisphere. Where the lines are drawn close together, expect stronger wind; where they're spread wide apart, expect it to be light.
A line marked with triangles or half circles is a front, the boundary between two different air masses. Fronts are usually where weather changes fastest, a wind shift, a burst of rain, or a temperature drop. Watching where a front sits relative to your coastline is a good way to judge how soon a change will actually arrive.
For a fuller explainer with more examples, see How to Read a Synoptic Weather Chart . See also How does the weather work?
The Rain Radar shows live Bureau of Meteorology rainfall over your area, with a short timeline you can play back and forward. Use it to see whether rain is actually heading your way, from how far off, and how fast it's moving.
A forecast tells you the chance of rain today. The radar tells you where the rain actually is, right now, and which way it's drifting. That difference matters when you're deciding whether to launch, paddle out, or just wait twenty minutes for a passing shower to clear.
Colour is intensity. Light blue or green is drizzle and light rain, yellow and orange is heavier rain, and red through to purple is intense, often thundery rain. A blob doesn't tell you much on its own; watch it for a couple of frames and you'll see whether it's building, weakening, or simply sliding past.
The bar along the bottom is the important part. It plays back the last few hours of radar so you can watch a system's actual track and speed, rather than guessing from a single frame. Drag it yourself to step through history, or let it run and watch the pattern repeat.
The wider views are a mosaic of several separate Bureau radars stitched together, so on rare occasions you might notice a faint seam where two stations' coverage meets. That's a stitching artefact, not missing rain.
For a deeper dive into radar colours and storm cells generally, see How to Read Australian Weather Radar . If you've ever wondered why the radar shows rain when the sky looks clear, see Why does the Rain Radar show rain when it isn't actually raining?
Wind Alerts text you the moment live conditions at a chosen station cross a threshold you set. Forecast Alerts send a scheduled daily text summarising the outlook. Both need you to be signed in and carry a small amount of prepaid SMS credit.
Not everyone wants to open an app first thing to decide whether the day is worth it. A Wind Alert fires the instant your chosen station crosses the direction and speed you set, so you find out the moment it's actually on. A Forecast Alert instead sends a daily text summarising what's coming, so you know the outlook before you're even properly awake.
From the Alerts page, adding a Wind Alert lets you choose the station, direction and minimum speed that should trigger a text. Adding a Forecast Alert lets you choose a location and the time of day the daily summary should arrive. Either can be edited or removed at any time from the same page.
Each text uses a small amount of prepaid credit, topped up from the same page. A member can register their own mobile plus additional numbers underneath it, which suits a family or a crew who all want the same alert without everyone setting one up individually.
Surf and beach cameras let you see actual conditions before you commit, swell size, wind texture on the water, how crowded it is, the sort of detail a numeric forecast can't fully capture.
A forecast graph gives you the average expectation. A camera gives you the truth on the day: whether it's glassy or wind-blown, whether the swell has actually filled in yet, and the difference between sets and lulls that no single wave-height number shows. Checking the cam before a long drive can save the drive entirely, or confirm it's worth every minute.
Cameras come from a mix of sources, some run directly by Seabreeze, others shared by local councils or state transport departments, and most refresh periodically rather than streaming true video. A timestamp burned into the corner of the image tells you exactly how fresh the view is, worth a glance before you read too much into a single still frame.
The Live Swell Graphs tab pairs the camera vision with numbers from a nearby wave buoy where one exists, useful for putting an actual figure on what you're seeing. Some locations also offer a panorama camera you can pan around, handy for checking wind direction and texture across a whole bay, or comparing several breaks from a single view.
Models + coastal focus — not golf clubs (sadly).
Years ago someone asked if we stood on the beach with golf clubs. We wish.
In practice: numerical weather models, coastal focus, and a lot of care about how wind is presented for watersports. Humour aside, treat it as guidance and look out the window too.
See also how the weather works.
Wind, pressure, seabreeze timing — and how to use Seabreeze graphs with that in mind.
Wind Glorious Wind… If your sport runs on breeze (or you are hiding from it), it pays to know what the graphs are trying to say.
Wind is air moving from higher toward lower pressure. Heating, cooling, and the land/sea contrast bend that flow — the classic afternoon seabreeze is cool marine air drawn inland when the land bakes.
Reading forecasts: look for timing (when it fills in), direction (onshore/cross/offshore for your beach), and whether gusts will turn a “nice 15” into a messy 22. Models smooth reality; cliffs, rivers, and lagoons punch holes in that smoothness.
On Seabreeze: use the wind graphs as the primary tool, compare nearby locations, and treat single-hour miracles with suspicion. Humour stays welcome; physics still wins.
Deep dives: how to read the wind graphs, Beaufort, when forecasts miss, arrows & colours.
Authoritative tide sources + leave margin for weather effects.
Pretty darn good. Tide predictions are sourced from authoritative tide data for the tide stations we publish.
Always leave margin for weather setup (surge, barometric effects) and local quirks — tide books and common sense still win for bar crossings.
Time across, speed up the axis, arrows show where wind goes; use gusts and neighbours.
Wind graphs are the heart of Seabreeze weather. Here is how to read them on the current site.
Forecast graphs are model guidance. Live traces are observations. When they disagree near the coast, local effects often win for a few hours — see why forecasts feel wrong.
See How does the weather work? and How to read the Wind graphs.
This essay is merged into the weather-work guide.
Also: How to read the Wind graphs.
Screenshot or save the on-page graph — bitmap mode is gone.
Graphs are drawn in the browser (not a separate “bitmap mode” download).
To keep an image:
There is no supported /weather/settings/bitmap toggle anymore (that link only sent people to location search).
Yes — weather times use local time, including daylight saving.
Yes. Times and dates on Seabreeze weather pages use local time for the location, including any current daylight saving adjustment for that state/territory.
When a region starts or ends daylight saving, graph and forecast labels move with local civil time — you do not need to add or subtract an hour yourself.
The moon phase and its rise and set times matter more than most people expect near the coast. They drive how big your tides swing, and they decide how much natural light you'll have for an early start or a late finish.
Sailors and anglers watch the moon for a reason that has nothing to do with romance. Around new moon and full moon, the sun and moon line up and pull together, producing spring tides, the biggest swing between high and low. Around the half-moon points, they're pulling at angles to each other, producing neap tides, the smallest swing. Glancing at the moon phase is a quick way to guess how strong the tidal push and pull will be, without opening the tide chart at all.
Each day's tile shows the phase itself, illustrated, with rise and set times underneath. The illumination percentage tells you exactly how full the moon is that night, useful for judging how much natural light you'll actually have if you're planning a dawn or dusk session.
Moonrise doesn't always happen before moonset in the list, and that's not an error. Around full moon, the moon rises close to sunset; around new moon, it rises close to sunrise. Which one lands first in the day genuinely changes through the month. A small reverse-order toggle near the Sun and Moon times lets you flip the display if you find the other order easier to follow.
Almost always this is either ground clutter near the radar station itself, or rain that's falling from a higher altitude and evaporating before it reaches the ground. It isn't a fault with the page.
Radar doesn't measure rain on the ground. It measures moisture reflecting off a beam that travels in a straight line while the earth curves gently away beneath it, so the further you are from the station, the higher above the ground that beam is actually sampling.
Close to a radar station, solid objects such as hills, buildings, wind turbines, or even birds and insects can scatter the beam back and show up as a patch of light green that never quite matches real weather. Further out, the beam can be sampling rain that's still high in the cloud and evaporates before it hits the ground, a phenomenon meteorologists call virga.
Real rain moves. Play a few frames on the timeline and a genuine system tracks steadily in the direction of the wind, building or fading gradually. Clutter tends to sit in exactly the same spot, frame after frame, usually right around the radar site marked on the map, regardless of what the wind is doing.
See How do I use the Rain Radar? for the full picture, including the timeline and range controls.
See Arrow colours and wind direction.
This topic is now part of the combined guide.
See Arrow colours and wind direction.
This topic is now part of the combined guide.
Retired IE/bitmap performance article — use a modern browser and refresh.
This article targeted Internet Explorer and the old bitmap/HD graph toggles. Those browsers and settings are gone.
If graphs feel slow today, try a current browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge), disable heavy extensions, and do a normal refresh. There is no bitmap “quick fix” link anymore.
See What is the Beaufort Scale?
Use the canonical Beaufort article (same scale, kept up to date there).
Hard refresh / another browser; check if all locations are stuck.
Browsers cache images and scripts aggressively.
Every location's Tides page shows the next few highs and lows right now. The Tide Calendar zooms out to a full month at a glance, which is much easier for planning a trip weeks ahead than paging through single days.
If you only need today's tide, the Tides page is quicker. But if you're planning around a low-tide reef walk, a boat launch, or a fishing trip a few weeks out, the calendar lays the whole month out at once so you can spot the best days without clicking through one at a time.
Each cell holds a small tide curve for that day, plus the time and height of every high (marked H) and low (marked L). Heights are measured against a fixed chart datum for that location, so they're best compared day to day rather than expected to line up with round numbers.
Every warning shown on Seabreeze comes straight from the Bureau of Meteorology. We mirror the live feed next to your forecast so you see it without needing a separate visit to a government site, but the Bureau decides what's issued, not us.
Severe weather, marine, flood, and other official warnings are issued by the Bureau for a reason: something in the area genuinely needs attention. Always treat the Bureau's own advice as the authority, and use Seabreeze's warnings page as a convenient window onto it rather than a replacement for it.
The coloured outline traced on the map is the actual warned area, drawn from the Bureau's own boundary data, so it's worth zooming in if your exact spot sits near the edge. Choosing a state along the top narrows the list to that state; opening any individual warning shows its full text alongside a map zoomed to the affected area.
A compact warnings card also appears on the Rain Radar, Marine Forecast, and other location pages, so a live warning surfaces right where you're already checking conditions rather than only on a dedicated page you'd have to think to visit.
See How do I use the Rain Radar? and What is the Marine (Coastal Waters) Forecast?
Nearby Observation Stations lists every live weather station within range of a location, so you can see what wind and temperature are actually doing at the beach, hill or island next door, not just at your one primary spot.
Wind along the coast is very local. A headland, a hill, or even a line of buildings can add or strip away several knots compared with a station only a few kilometres away. A single number for "your" location is a useful starting point, but a spread of nearby readings shows the real pattern moving through, which is far more useful when you're deciding whether it's worth the drive.
Live temperature and apparent temperature, rain since 9am, wind speed and gust with a direction arrow, humidity, pressure, and, where the station has the right sensors, delta-T and dew point. Delta-T is handy for judging fire-weather style dryness and thermal potential; a blank column simply means that particular station isn't fitted with that sensor.
The small panel next to the table shows your reference location's own live wind as a compass rose, drawing on the same feed as the table so the two stay in sync as new readings come in.
See Where are the wind readings for XYZ taken from? and Why are the wind readings wrong?
One Settings panel controls every unit Seabreeze displays (wind, wave, tide, temperature and rain), the site's appearance, and which colour means "strong wind" on every arrow across the whole site.
Weather Settings sits in the same place as Favourites and Help on every weather page's side menu, so it's always one step away no matter which forecast you're looking at. Changing anything here updates every graph, table and forecast across the site immediately, there's no need to set it more than once.
Wind speed offers knots (the sailing and aviation standard), km/h (what the news uses), m/s (favoured by some technical and model users), and "Km/h + Knots", the classic Seabreeze dual display showing both together. Wave and tide height switch between feet, still how a lot of surfers talk swell size, and metres, the official Bureau unit. Temperature switches between Celsius and Fahrenheit, and rain between millimetres and inches.
Choose Light, Dark, or System default, which follows your device's own setting automatically and switches with it. Subscribers unlock a handful of extra colour palettes, Ocean, Mist, Slate, Graphite, Spice, Sage and Plum, if you'd like the site to look like more than just light or dark.
This is the one setting worth actually understanding rather than guessing at: choose whether red or green marks the strongest wind on every arrow, graph and station table site-wide. There's real history behind why Seabreeze offers both conventions side by side, covered in full in Arrow colours and wind direction .
See Swell, Waves & Seas — wave height is significant wave height for that sea state.
This is explained in the swell / waves / seas article.
→ What's the difference between Swell, Waves & Seas?
Short version: forecast wave height is the significant wave height for the sea state being described (not every individual ripple), and swell vs wind-sea are called out separately when the product provides them.
Beaufort force table in km/h and knots, with land and sea descriptions.
The Beaufort scale is a way of describing wind strength by what it does on land and at sea — useful when a knot number alone does not paint the picture.
| Force | Term | km/h | knots | On land | At sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Calm | 0 | 0 | Smoke rises vertically | Sea like a mirror |
| 1–3 | Light winds | ≤19 | ≤10 | Wind on face; leaves rustle | Small wavelets, glassy |
| 4 | Moderate | 20–29 | 11–16 | Dust/paper lifts; small branches move | Small waves; frequent white horses |
| 5 | Fresh | 30–39 | 17–21 | Small trees sway | Moderate waves; many white horses |
| 6 | Strong | 40–50 | 22–27 | Large branches move; wires whistle | Larger waves; more foam/spray |
| 7 | Near gale | 51–62 | 28–33 | Whole trees move; hard to walk into wind | Sea heaps up; foam streaks |
| 8 | Gale | 63–75 | 34–40 | Twigs break; progress impeded | Moderately high waves; spindrift |
| 9 | Strong gale | 76–87 | 41–47 | Slight structural damage | High waves; dense foam streaks |
| 10 | Storm | 88–102 | 48–55 | Trees uprooted; considerable damage | Very high waves; sea turns white |
| 11 | Violent storm | 103–117 | 56–63 | Very rarely inland — widespread damage | Exceptionally high waves; long foam patches |
| 12+ | Hurricane | ≥118 | ≥64 | Air full of foam/spray; visibility wrecked |
See Swell, Waves & Seas.
Covered in the fuller glossary article.
The Marine Forecast is the Bureau of Meteorology's official worded Coastal Waters forecast, the same product used for boating and shipping safety, covering weather, wind, seas and swell for the wider zone off your coast.
It reads differently to the graphs you're used to, and that's by design. The wind and wave graphs are Seabreeze's own model-driven forecast, tuned for watersports and shown as a visual timeline for a specific spot. The Marine Forecast is the Bureau's plain-English forecast for the whole coastal zone, written with a wider safety margin because it has to cover everyone from a tinny to a tanker.
"Seas" describes the local, wind-driven chop right now. "Swell" describes longer, more organised waves that have travelled in from a weather system somewhere else, sometimes a very long way away. A forecast of small seas with a solid swell running is common, and means the wind might feel gentle while there's still real size in the water.
Wording like "becoming" or "increasing" describes how conditions change through the period, not a single fixed number, so read the whole sentence rather than just the first figure. It's written for planning a day on the water, not for picking the exact hour to launch.
See What's the difference between Swell, Waves and Seas? and What are the Weather Warnings, and where do they come from?
Seas = local chop; swell = travelled longer-period energy; wave height ≈ significant height.
Seas are the short, local chop created when wind blows on the water nearby. Given enough time and fetch, that energy organises into longer swell.
Swell is the longer-period wave energy that has travelled away from where it was generated — the “rock in a pond” rings that keep going after the wind at your beach has changed.
Waves (in surf talk) are usually what you want to ride: organised swell that stands up on the reef or sandbank. Forecast “wave height” is typically significant wave height for that sea state — not every tiny ripple, and not always the single biggest set of the day.
Seas can sit on top of swell and spoil a session even when the swell height looks perfect on paper.
See Arrow colours and wind direction.
This topic is now part of the combined guide.
Each location maps to a specific station/feed — see the live wind labelling.
Each live wind location is tied to a specific observation source (a named station or feed). On the location’s weather pages, look for station labelling / about info on the live wind panel.
Readings are not claimed to be mid-bay at mast height for every sport. If two nearby locations disagree, both can be “right” for their sites.
Sea temperatures are under Weather at /weather/sea-temperature/… (pick your state slug). Classic seatemp.asp links are gone.
Sea temperature pages live under Weather:
/weather/sea-temperature/western-australia (and the same pattern for other states, e.g. new-south-wales, queensland).
You can also reach sea temperature from the Weather menus when the product is enabled. If the page says it is temporarily unavailable, that is a site-wide switch — try again later or use Feedback.
The old *_seatemp.asp graph links are retired.
See also: why forecasts can be wrong.
When they nail it, enjoy it.
For the flip side (and a straighter explanation), see Why are the forecasts so wrong?.
Forecasts can miss — coastal wind is hard; compare models and neighbours.
Sometimes they will be — weather is chaotic, and coastal wind is especially fiddly.
Also see different to the BoM, different to other sites, and how the weather / seabreeze works.
Meters report their site, not your exact launch — learn local bias.
Live meters measure where they are mounted — not always the exact corner of the bay you sail. Height above ground, sheltering, and distance from the water all bias a reading.
Use meters as a regional truth serum, compare a few nearby stations, and learn your spot’s usual offset versus the graph.
Almost always it's one of three things: the SMS credit balance ran out, the alert's trigger genuinely wasn't met, or the mobile number on file is out of date.
Alerts fail silently by design rather than emailing an error, which is convenient right up until the one time you were relying on it. These three checks cover nearly every case.
Each text costs a small amount of prepaid credit, and once the balance hits zero, alerts simply stop sending rather than showing any warning, so a quick look at the balance on the Alerts page is always worth doing first. It's also worth confirming the alert itself is still turned on rather than accidentally removed, and that the mobile number saved on the page is current and able to receive texts, a stale number after a phone change is one of the most common causes.
A Wind Alert only fires when the live reading at your chosen station actually crosses the exact threshold you set. If the wind sat just under it, or your launch spot simply reads differently to the nearest station, no text is the expected outcome rather than a fault. Nearby Observation Stations is a good way to see the wider pattern and judge whether your threshold or station choice needs adjusting.
Contact Feedback and mention the alert type and roughly when you expected it, and it can be checked from our end.
See How do SMS Wind and Forecast Alerts work? and What can Nearby Observation Stations tell me?
See Arrow colours and wind direction.
This topic is now part of the combined guide.
See Arrow colours and wind direction.
This topic is now part of the combined guide.
Different models and presentation — disagreement is normal.
Different sites ingest different models, update on different schedules, and draw maps with different smoothing. Two honest forecasts can disagree by several knots or an hour of sea-breeze timing.
Use more than one source when the session matters, and learn how your local spots usually bias versus the chart.
BoM and Seabreeze serve different products — differences are normal.
They can be — and that is often expected.
The Bureau publishes official public forecasts. Seabreeze emphasises wind and coastal conditions for watersports, using model guidance and presentation choices aimed at that audience. Different products, different emphasis; neither is “the only truth” for every beach hour.
More context: why forecasts feel wrong, vs other sites.
Retired 2012 layout announcement.
This 2012 “new layout / Windows 8” announcement is historical only and no longer applies.
For current site help, start from the Help index (Membership, Weather, Forums, Classifieds, Gallery).
Request closure via Feedback / account tools; old public posts may remain.
Want out? Fair enough.
Use account tools where available, or Feedback to request account closure. Understand that public posts you already made may remain as part of thread history unless there is a legal/privacy reason to scrub them.
Context matters; Feedback if you think a removal was wrong.
It's true. Context, history, and whether something is actually breaking the rules all matter. “They got away with it” is not a free pass.
If you think a removal was wrong, Feedback calmly with links. Read Forum Rules.
Report rule-breaking posts; use thumbs/replies for ordinary disagreement.
We may well be too.
If it should be deleted, use the report control on the post (flag / report). That queues it for moderation — faster than a forum pile-on.
Disagreeing with an opinion is not the same as “disgusting”; use thumbs and replies for ordinary disagreement, and report for genuine rule-breaking.
See also Forum Rules and report flag.
The humorous, educational Seabreeze forum rules — spirit of the site, reporting, and how not to be that member.
Why does this place even exist?
These forums are here to create a meeting place for people who care about our sports. We want to improve, we want to know how to fix gear, how to use the gear, the best conditions, where those conditions are, what gear works best where .. and of course, we all want to meet people with similar interests.
In this environment, people are friendly and helpful to each other. We all stand on each others shoulders to reach higher, achieve more and have more fun.
Our sport is our recreation. It's what we do for fun - it's not about getting all serious and upset, there's enough of that in the stuff we do for money.
For years, the forums have been, and continue to be a success - friendships have been made, meetings on the beach organised, events attended, accomodation offered to travelling members, beaches saved through petitions, territorial disputes settled pages of shared knowledge created, and so much more.
It aint' always blue sky...
Occasionally, a post or topic with inappropriate content will appear. It may stay online longer than it should while we get to it. Whilst this is happening we appreciate your patience. We appreciate you taking the time to let us know via the voting mechanisms explained later.
Please understand that our moderators are not pyschic or even online 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, so there will always be the possibility that inappropriate content will be viewable longer that we would all hope.
There will be members who are different and post questionable content. Why?
Maybe they are drunk, tired and/or emotional?
Maybe they're stressed and are not being themselves?
Maybe they feel anonymous and believe they won't be caught out?
Perhaps they're blunt, direct or simply rub you up the wrong way?
Perhaps they're injured and frustrated?
Perhaps there is an issue that's 'emotionally loaded' for them?
They might enjoy stirring others up?
...or it could just be the way they are all the time!
It's for these situations that rules are needed.
It's for these situations that moderators are needed.
Unfortunate ... but to be expected .. it's part of the territory.
Tips to handle posts that upset you.
Seek to understand before seeking to be understood.
Could there be a slightest weeniest smallest possibility that you may have made an error? Unbelievable as it may sound, some of us do make mistakes!
Basic Rule: Have the courage to step away. Go do something different before getting all fired up on the keyboard.
General Netiquette
* Avoid Sarcasm and dry humour. It does not work with the written word. Putting a smiley after a nasty piece of text doesn't fix it.
* Disagree? - discuss the subject, not the person. If you goal is to win them over to your point of view, provide evidence why your point of view is worthwhile adopting. Be constructive and forward moving.
* Make topic titles interesting - they make or break whether your post gets read.
* A large audience will see your post, and your words may come back to haunt you. This audience may potentially include past, present and future employers, staff at your place of study, friends, family, etc. And unlike the spoken word, your written posts will exist here for a long time.
* If you are responding to someone else's comments, try to include a quote or summary of their post, to provide context to other readers. Quoting more than 10 lines is a bit much.
* If you want to take a topic offline and write a personal response, please use the "Private Message" facility - an Email button is available on each post, or by clicking on the members name.
* Do not start or perpetuate flame wars. If someone insults or attacks you, do not respond in kind - because "they started it" is an incredibly lame argument
* DON'T USE OTHERS BEHAVIOUR AS AN EXCUSE FOR YOUR BEHAVIOUR. If we had a dollar for each person who wrote in " how come I can't do it when so and so is doing it? " There are plenty of reasons, the point is, just because you see someone else breaking the rules does not give you the right to break them and use others actions as your justification.
Racism, Sexism, Ageism and Religious Intolerance and Vilification
Smarty Pants Swearing
Moderation of Foul Language
Offensive Websites
When this occurs, the poster is usually quite fired up and emotional. Often the customer is now out to cause as much damage as possible to the business with the mission that they are "fully justified" (their words) and "simply stating facts" (their words) about the business/association.
This may be the case .. or not. There are many sides to any story. The point is that the Seabreeze forums are not the appropriate place to resolve the issue. Go to the appropriate legal/government authority and do it there.
Choose not to, and end up in hot water. As soon as you flame a business, you'll usually get supporters of the business come out in defence and question your behaviour and motives. People interested in the discussion will seek more information from you. It soon descends into an argument containing many and varied versions of the truth and everybody goes home unhappy.
It has never ended well for anybody.
The business is damaged, the poster now has a stigma in the forum community (and now can't deal with many shops because the shops know what will happen if they cross this customer - their business will get dragged through the mud.)
And of course, there's also the situation when the poster does not really have a complaint, but is simply a competitor or naive associate of a business who thinks the way to get more business is to degrade the competition.
A special note: This applies (and has been applied) to any business, not just businesses that sponsor the site.
In this case the poster has discovered he can buy an item overseas cheaper than in a shop here in Australia. Now they want to share this with everybody, and also want to infer that because the price is different that "Australian businesses are ripping us all off".
Posts of this nature will be locked/or removed as they always stir up bad vibes and arguments. Like clockwork, pro-shop crew come out versus the anti-shop crew, and it's on, and has never ended well. Ends up being just a bunch of angry people arguing over a $100 difference. It's not been worth it, and everybody goes home unhappy, so we nip it in the bud before it starts.
For Sale and Wanted to Buy
Some forum members are site sponsors, you'll see a "Site Sponsor" link under their name. These members have purchased banner advertising which they use to display their brand and make offers about products and services they have available.
These businesses are essential to keeping Seabreeze online. Our forums are the discussion zone of a highly competitive industry, and we do our best to enable sponsors to have a say and discuss things of interest while maintaining a fair environment for all. It can be hard for sponsors to have a say, as there are people waiting in the wings to provide commentary on their posts.
Therefore we ask that all businesses:
* Use the News system for product announcements
* Use the Events system for demo days
* Do not post links to their website,
* Do not post prices, price lists, sale brochures, bargains, "stock clearance" etc.
* Do not post competitions/links to competitions/promo days
All of these things are can be performed through the banner, the News system or the Events system. If these don't suit, please contact us to discuss alternative solutions.
There will be times when a member is explicitly asking where to purchase an item, or for specific product information, and in these situations its ok for sponsors to provide answers.
When sponsors do post, we ask that you give them some latitude. If you're concerned that a sponsor may be ruining your experience of the forums, please contact us first, rather than flaming the poster.
If we find businesses, associates/team riders of businesses flaming, degrading other businesses/products, moderation and possibly immediate banning will result.
Not a site sponsor, but want to promote your goodies?
You'll find your local council has laws saying that it's illegal for you to stick posters and advertising on council property - "Bill posters will be prosecuted". Most businesses accept this and don't put their posters and stickers all over signs, traffic lights, bridges, tunnels, etc.
Same here - please do not plaster your adverts/promos in/around the site - please contact us via the feedback page to find out how we can work out together to find a solution for you.
If you see another business advertising, this is not a valid excuse for you to do so. Do you steal because someone does?
Using Seabreeze to advertise other sites (be it your own site, or that of a friend, etc), is not acceptable. Posting about such sites or sending unsolicited PM's about such sites is unacceptable.
Please note that Seabreeze members are a highly suspicious lot who can smell advertising a mile away, so if there is even a hint that your post is just poorly disguised advertising, be prepared to have your post removed and/or for the linked site to be torn to pieces from a review perspective.
Inappropriate posting of business advertising will be removed.
There is also the reverse, where people getting financial reward from a competing product ask leading questions of a competitors products to make it look bad in the hope that it will make their product more appealing. These people go out of their way to directly highlight flaws, or, on occasion, even invent flaws and myths.
It's not illegal, is usually see-through, and can result in angry feelings by those who believed the mystery posters were "ordinary customers". It is particularly dissappointing when these people take time out to degrade competitors and/or competing products via single line posts such as "You wouldn't catch me buying that." type of comment.
These activites are directly against the forum rules and counts as spam.
The common name for such a member (who indirectly promotes their own product) is a Pimp.
If you suspect a member of being a pimp, please let the moderators know, as targeting them is against the rules and makes you subject to moderation (which was not your intent!)
Please refrain from making accusations against companies or individuals within the forums.
Note that occasional positive comments from known members have never been a problem.
Yay! You've got so excited about your sport, that you've gone and created a new facebook group. You're keen to spread the word, and get as many "Likes" as you can .. there's something new!
Pretty much every other week, some enterprising soul does the above, and enthusiastically enters the forums and posts away about how everybody should join their new facebook group, because it's new, and we can share stuff, and it's great, and we can talk, and we can share photos, and ... and .. and ... ummm .. sorry to interrupt your flow of passion, but isn't that what the forums are all about?
Take a breather and realise that you're going to look a bit silly. Everybody here is already having a great chat, and you coming in and telling everybody that they should be chatting somewhere else in an empty room you've just "created" may look a bit silly.
People have been sharing and helping each other in the Seabreeze forums since before facebook was started, so do yourself a favour and get involved locally - contribute, not dilute. Help make the forums are better place, don't tell everybody to go to your "took 30 seconds to create New Social Group", it's embarrassing!
As one person put it, it's like walking into a pub, and yelling out "Hey everybody! A new American pub has opened down the road, and I just booked a table - everybody come with me .. and tell all your friends too!!" .. poor form!
Crossposting
Posting the same Topic in more than one forum Category is not appropriate. If you can't decide which forum to post it a particular Topic in, just choose the one that most closely matches and see how you go. If you don't think you are getting the right answers, ask a moderator to move the Topic to a more appropriate location at some later point.
Please note that posting new Topics in multiple forums saying "Come look at Topic <insert link here>" is not permitted, and is also considered crossposting.
Duplicates
Off-topic
Off-topic Topics
Moderators have task of monitoring the content of the forums. They aim to read all topics and posts and make assessments on what is and isn't appropriate. Did you know that Moderators are real people? They suffer from late nights, emotional issues (good & bad), and can often speed read topics. What this means is that they aren't some automated perfect computer program that makes the right call every time.
Moderators can delete posts, delete topics, move topics, modify topic titles, close topics to prevent further discussion and remove offensive language from posts.
Moderation is a very "grey" area. For example, a group of 16 year olds who have started their own topic may be having a friendly banter amongst each other, whereas to others to reads like a full on argument.
Alerting the Moderators of inappropriate content
Above each post is a voting system of thumbs up and thumbs down. Simply place your vote to indicate if the post should be pulled.
You'll often see voted posts remaining, competitors often vote other businesses/products down. It may have a large number of thumbs up and thumbs down.
The important thing is that all posts that have a thumbs down indicator are investigated by the moderators. With buckets of new posts entering the system every day, it makes it easy for the moderators to zoom in on inappropriate posts as voted by the forum users. Allow the moderators time to respond. If you're all stirred up about a post, this doesn't mean that a moderator is sitting around awaiting your report so it can be investigated.
Post Deletion Policy
Topic Deletion Policy
Topic Closure Policy
If a member chooses to continue to create duplicate logins, and abuse our hospitality, be warned that we will not hesitate to report your breaches to your ISP's abuse department. As almost all ISP "Acceptable Usage Policies" include clauses regarding member behaviour on websites, such a report can result in a warning from your ISP and potentially the termination of your ISP account.
Member rating for posts — report separately when content must be removed.
Thumbs let members rate posts. They help surface useful replies and sink junk — they are not a substitute for the report control when something must be removed.
Use them in good faith; vote rings and revenge thumbs are moderated like other bad behaviour.
Report flag alerts moderators — use it for content that should be removed.
There are people who upload or post things that do not belong on a PG community site. Above posts (and in similar places around member content) you will find a report control — historically a small red flag icon.
Use it for content that should be removed (abuse, spam, illegal, etc.). Reports go to moderators; they are not a public downvote.
I'm disgusted with what someone has written, thumbs up/down.
Edits are only allowed for a short time after posting.
Forum posts are editable for a short window after you post (on the order of an hour). After that, the edit control disappears so threads stay stable.
If you need a correction later, reply with an update, or ask a moderator via report/Feedback for exceptional cases (e.g. personal info posted by mistake).
Spam gets banned — Feedback to appeal, sans pitch.
Seriously? If you are reading this out of curiosity, good. If you pasted ads for phones, shoes, crypto, or miracle pills, that is spam — and bans follow.
Appeals: Feedback, without the sales pitch.
We moderate — report problems so they get into the queue.
We do. Moderation is not instant on every thread. If you see something that breaks the rules, report it rather than assuming nobody cares.
Also see Forum Rules.
Try My Adverts first; Feedback if you cannot reinstate.
If a sale falls through, you can usually put the advert back up from My Adverts (edit / republish / refresh — follow the controls on the listing).
If the listing was fully removed or credit rules block a free reinstate, check My Adverts for options or contact Feedback with the advert title.
We do not vouch for traders — verify profiles, talk, agree payment/shipping, watch for scams.
Like any classifieds marketplace, Seabreeze publishes adverts — we cannot certify that a buyer or seller is genuine. Reduce risk:
Interstate deals still come down to photos, conversation, and the risk you personally accept.
Sign in and open /Member/MyAdverts to manage your listings.
Your classifieds are managed under My Adverts — not the old Members / My Adverts.aspx pages.
/Member/MyAdverts), or use the Members menu → My Adverts.From My Adverts you can edit, refresh, or remove a listing. See also how to remove a listing.
Remove listings from /Member/MyAdverts while signed in.
Remove (or end) a listing from My Adverts.
If the advert was marked sold or already expired, it may no longer appear in the active list — check filters on My Adverts list.
Active until sold/removed; use My Adverts to refresh when prompted.
Listings stay available while they are active and not removed — refresh or renew using the controls on My Adverts when the site asks you to.
Sold or removed adverts leave the public listings. Exact refresh intervals can change; trust the dates shown on your advert and My Adverts.
Not a Seabreeze service — get a carrier quote and agree postage between parties.
Seabreeze does not set courier prices. Ask the buyer/seller to agree postage, or get a quote from a carrier of your choice.
We do not maintain a live price list of courier brands here (those links go stale quickly).
Wait for payment to fully clear, then add images from My Adverts.
Image uploads unlock when the listing payment is fully completed — not while a payment is still pending or held.
Check My Adverts, payment status, then Feedback if it never appears.
New and edited adverts can take a short time to show while payment clears and/or the listing is checked.
Check My Adverts and payment status; Feedback if a completed payment never unlocked the listing.
Bank transfer / EFT used to be common; most listings now pay online (e.g. PayPal/card) during publish.
Optional but spam-prone — prefer on-site contact where you can.
You can include contact details in an advert, but expect spam harvesters to notice.
Prefer the site’s contact / messaging flow where possible. If you must publish an email, consider a dedicated address and never put passwords or payment logins in the ad text.
Ask the uploader; credit them — gallery ≠ public domain.
Each gallery image shows who uploaded it. That member owns the photo unless they state otherwise.
Ask the uploader for permission before reusing an image off-site or in commercial work, and credit them when they agree. “It’s on Seabreeze” is not a blank licence.
Sign in, open your profile/gallery uploads, then edit or delete photos you own.
Gallery uploads are tied to your member account. Use your profile / gallery tools while signed in — not the old Members → My Profile → Details.aspx path.
If you cannot see a delete control, confirm you are signed in as the same member who uploaded the image.
Want to reuse someone else's photo? See using a gallery photo.
See the find/delete gallery photos help article.
This is covered in the manage-photos article.
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