10-20kts NE 4-5 days a week, or so they tell me. I'll be around that area for 7 days around new years and expect to be mostly on my 17 (being approx 110kg). Can't tell you anything from firsthand experience, except that one of my first sessions as a learner was out in the surf in 15 kts SE (on 17m) in March at a beach between Byron Bay and Tweed Heads. Would have been good if I knew how to ride then. Got smashed.