i observed the windspeed and direction for gold coast seaway and coolangatta since a while and was wondering why gc seaway gets always much more. looks at the map not like there should be a big difference.
are windconditions in corrumbin and coolangatta the same?
what wind is good to go sailing down there?
cheers

The Seaway meter is on a rock wall in the ocean. The Coolangatta tower is at the airport. This is why the seaway reads too big and Coolie underdone in a southerly(it waffles behind the hills). You will notice the reverse in a northerly. SE is the right direction for Currumbin. The gusts at the Coolie tower will be the average at Currumbin. But wind is only half the equation for wavesailing.

He he, Corrumbin.....

OK Haircut. Time to stop bagging Currumbin. Some of us would rather sail waves. The last 3 years have been very good down there. You would not know, because you are never there. The few who hang there swear by it. And we get more than enough. We dont bag the Broadwater except to say that it is bloody boring.

...nice one Mr T. So that rules out Southerlys...and if it gets too big one may mumble something about the need for steroids (quote/unquote)

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Originally posted by Tobe

its been good over the past few years but i don't think its really really pumped for a few years. well not like i remember it in the last century. just my 2 cents :)

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seems to be the general opinion that wind was better many years ago. Even only 4 to 5 years ago when i first started sailing there it seemed to have better wind in either direction. Maybe I just fluked it at the time.

Please feel free to bag the broadwater as much as you like

anyway, I hope there is at least one days worth of non - currumbin esque' wind left for the competition