Just curious as to who sets the seabreeze wind forecasts? Is it Laurie or an automated system based on BOM or something>? I find the seabreeze graphs to be the best source for wind intel

Cheers Rob!

<joke>It's a totally biased system, which revolves around how my time available and where I'll be kiting. If the swell and wind is up at a spot I'll be kiting, then these areas get shown on the graphs as red arrows and flat swell to ensure no crowds. As I generally only get around on the West Coast, the eastern seaboard can be assured of "as it is" forecasts. <end joke>

We do the best we can with the forecasts using as much data as we can. I still 100% recommend that everybody learns the basics of reading synoptic charts, and cloud reading. Where I live, I check the clouds every morning - the types of clouds and where they are in the sky give excellent info on what the wind is going to do. Couple this up with synoptic charts and you're an expert in no time!

Tip: When looking at the seabreeze forecast image, click on it, and it will take you through to the forecast+the 4 day synoptic.

Read the article
www.seabreeze.com.au/info/wind.asp to get you started..

Enjoy .. Lozza

You mean Laurie's a real person? I thought he was just an internet sprite put here for my own personal convenience...