Gestalt said..
where you winging today DJ or sailing.?

I was sailing yesterday and sailing + winging today. Lots of windsurfers out today at the new bar!

We were at Bulcock beach yesterday and the new opening is now a lot bigger by the looks, the old entrance is silting up.

what's the verdict on min tide for this spot?

next weekend the wind is up but the tide is low. not super low. 0.72m L - 1.19m H

Yesterday I performed a centreboard survey of Pumicestone Passage and the new Bribie Bar. Sailing in the hours around a big high I didn't find bottom once and came away more in love with my new Wally LT and also this transformed paddock.

Breeze was 15 SE, and launching from the picnic shed it was an easy tack over to the new bar, marked in blue as Google can't keep up. Played there for a while just laughing at how much fun carving up 1 metre waves in new green water can be. Then explored south past Pelican Waters and north to the old Bar and Happy Valley where the waves were just as much fun. Due to a bit of recent body damage you will see I did not go out far, but will next time. A couple of decent size ships appearing right in front of me certainly woke me up.

There are still plenty of big embedded logs around, and plenty of sea grass to wrap around upright fins, but the water movement and colour made the shallow bits visible.

The LT shallow fin and board shape are really at home here, I think our Golden Pond is going to become more popular for a while. Can't wait to try it in a northerly.

Thought this may be of interest. RQYS in Bris just publicized some MSQ info on a survey of the bar. You will need to go to the MSQ site to get the links to work, but very interesting how serious the authorities are taking all of this.

I been sailing at GB last 2 weeks, high tide no worries, low tide- sail at your own risk at hitting the sandbanks etc. I'm trying to be patient with the new bar, changing conditions etc but .........

Happy Valley

wow!

Is it likely to silt up behind that middle sandbank? Would most of the water go out through that southern channel leaving the northern parts to become a large area of shallow sandbanks?

Just an update on the new opening - I had a good session there yesterday (Sunday) in the SE'er, on the incoming tide. The entrance is forming nicely for wave-jumping !

The southern end of the entrance has extended further south past the tower. Lots of trees/branches submerged in the end of the sandspit. Not real safe to sail too close.

The northern end has a longer west-extending sand spit - this is causing the swell to peel along it for quite some distance. There are some trees/stick close to the shoreline, so dont get too close. The waves form nicely and aren't too dumpy. And it you want glassy water, you can sail behind the sandspit.

With the wider opening than previous sessions, the out-flow current is quite a bit less -> the incoming tide was able to make its way in (which wasn't the case previously). Jumping is gumby-tack (nailed my first backloop on my gumby tack) and riding is backside (its good for one or two turns).

Launched from the lifeguard tower, then sailed upwind. I did a rec'y for sailing out from the cadets - on previous occasions it was possible to sail out from the shoreline, now there is a bit of shallow that you need to walk over.

For future sessions I think my preference will be to launch from the cadets. Best wind is S-SSE vs as it goes more SE the waveriding is too onshore'y.

www.sunshinecoastnews.com.au/2022/05/25/bribie-lighthouse-erosion/

images from end of march.

So have the locals decided whether the breakthrough is a good or bad thing yet?

The aerial photos seem to show a lot of brown water coming out from the housing canals. This is tidal, but I can't help thinking about all the sludge that will cover the golden sand that made the water clean and a brilliant blue or green colour. If I wanted to sail in brown water then why not just sail out on Lake Cootharaba where it is a dirty shade of brown all the time?

low tide pattern is frustrating at the moment. can't wait for it to swap the so big high is during the day.