Dampier Karratha forecast

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Greenroom
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12 Aug 2007 7:48pm
Hey since I just spent the last half hour trying to find a weather forecast for the Dampier/Karratha area and didnt get very far can someone give me a good link to use for the wind?
Thanks
JESUS
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12 Aug 2007 7:56pm
this link should help
www.manataka.org/page1844.html
WindWarrior
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jord070
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13 Aug 2007 4:06pm
send a PM to crawf, (my dad) because he lived ther for 20 years and windsurfed there for close to 15 or somthing, so give him a pm, seabreeze.com.au/Members/Profile/Details.aspx?member=crawf and he knows almost evrything about that area,
Greenroom
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14 Aug 2007 9:24pm
Thanks heaps fellas...
Looks like Im in for a pretty windy day tomorrow
WINDY MILLER
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15 Aug 2007 7:49am
earth to greenroom, come in greenrom!

switch yer phone on
fuall
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16 Aug 2007 9:22pm
Is it Angel Island that has waves off Dampier,cause I sometimes see white water near it from the chopper?
jord070
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16 Aug 2007 9:41pm
might be malus island, but not angel, angle is a few km off, and not realy off dampier, its more off from the oil refinery
WindWarrior
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17 Aug 2007 9:19am
Sorry Jordo but it is Angel island where the waves are at off Dampier.
You are correct in regards to your geography but I can attest to there being waves off Angel.
One of our guys up there has also put in a permanent mooring off the island so you can leave the boat and get waves without the risk of it dragging an anchor

They lads have been watching it for a while... it would be cross off in easterly type breezes but the location of a near by island and height of it would cause some serious wind deflection/shadow.

In my opinin it would work great in a south wester but it would be a pretty heavy boat trip out there with 20 knot + seabreeze... that said it would still be worth it !

WindWarior Australia
Leech
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17 Aug 2007 10:09am
In the five minutes I spent boating around Angel Island, on the way to better fishing spots, I saw two six foot sharks.

If you sail there, don't fall in!

jord070
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17 Aug 2007 1:25pm
quote:
Originally posted by WindWarrior

Sorry Jordo but it is Angel island where the waves are at off Dampier.
You are correct in regards to your geography but I can attest to there being waves off Angel.
One of our guys up there has also put in a permanent mooring off the island so you can leave the boat and get waves without the risk of it dragging an anchor

They lads have been watching it for a while... it would be cross off in easterly type breezes but the location of a near by island and height of it would cause some serious wind deflection/shadow.

In my opinin it would work great in a south wester but it would be a pretty heavy boat trip out there with 20 knot + seabreeze... that said it would still be worth it !

WindWarior Australia

malus also has a pretty good break, but now that i think about it, it wouldnt be malus becuase it is way closer to sure, i havent been to karratha for close the 5 years now, so my memory of it is pretty bad, but boating there if i remember isnt to bad, but you do get sea sic fast with the nice roling swell,. as for the sharks over there, they usally stay clear of the break, because there is a reef to the side, where all the nice queen fish goto,
also the waves off angle are great, but there is another island out there with a better break but the sand bar is crazy and shallow so you need to be carfull, its harder to get to, but i cant remember the name of it, so that island could also be the island what he is seeing.
Greenroom
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17 Aug 2007 9:17pm
quote:
Originally posted by WINDY MILLER

earth to greenroom, come in greenrom!

switch yer phone on


I turn my phone off and leave it in my donga Miller. I turn it back on about 6pm
I cant take it to work as its a gas plant
Imagine the big bang it would cause if you called me while I was at work
Greenroom
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17 Aug 2007 9:22pm
There is Sams island which is close to Dampier shore. Sam use to be the bloke who lived in the stone house you can see. In a cyclone I heard it breaks behind Sams
I already have a few reliable contacts to get me and my gear to Angels in a seabreeze
Cant wait. But for now its Hearsons with the killer 20 to 30 knot easterlies. Where is everyone? I seem to be the only one the sails up here Gets kinda boring. The flat water is enough to send me to sleep
decrepit
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17 Aug 2007 9:56pm
quote:
Originally posted by Greenroom

Gets kinda boring. The flat water is enough to send me to sleep



Trust me greeny, what you need is a GPS, "realspeed" on your computer, then you can see how fast you can go, and see how good an "Alpha" you can do.
This is a category I find very interesting, we're (the gps team challenge) is using these criteria for it.
Average speed over a max distance of 500m, a "U" turn and the begining and ending points no further apart than 50m.

In other words how fast can you come into a gybe, accelerate away from it, and go to within 50m of you're starting point.
Hardy and I are around 23kn, well he's a bit over, I'm a bit under.
But the best guys are over 25kn.

Give it a try, it'll relieve some of the boredom! And you'll find even off the water, you'll be trying to figure out strategies to get them faster.
mineral1
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17 Aug 2007 10:40pm
quote:
Originally posted by Greenroom

I seem to be the only one the sails up here Gets kinda boring. The flat water is enough to send me to sleep


Greenie, nominate on line and your in
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=28011
Team, Pinnas
Get your GPS here.
www.surfsailaustralia.com.au/
Your cranking
Mineral
elmo
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18 Aug 2007 9:39am
quote:
Originally posted by Greenroom

There is Sams island which is close to Dampier shore. Sam use to be the bloke who lived in the stone house you can see. In a cyclone I heard it breaks behind Sams
I already have a few reliable contacts to get me and my gear to Angels in a seabreeze
Cant wait. But for now its Hearsons with the killer 20 to 30 knot easterlies. Where is everyone? I seem to be the only one the sails up here Gets kinda boring. The flat water is enough to send me to sleep



Greeny If the fangin thing doesn't float your boat try a bit of freestyling, your already half way there anyway
Greenroom
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19 Aug 2007 1:10pm
Thanks heaps fellas for the kick in pants
I just checked the weather and Im off to Hearsons. For some reason I still get stoked
Greenroom
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20 Aug 2007 8:00am
hello luv its greenroomette..... thought you were so tired from working so hard, hmmmmmm playing too?
well miss you heaps and see you soon.
Leech
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20 Aug 2007 9:03am
aaawwwww. How sweet
Greenroom
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20 Aug 2007 8:55pm
Damn I got sprung
I love you too Greenroomette
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