Daneli said...
i am starting to look at the forecast for Saturday and where to go. There would appear much more green arrows up the Sunshine Coast than the Gold Coast. Is this common for a ESE forecast (don't know how to copy the images) or is this just reflecting the different locations.
I don't sail up the coast much but given the stronger winds it might be worth the drive. Looking at the WW site Golden Beach looks the best bet in an ESE if I am looking for flat water?
hi shane,
it depends on the weather patterns.
1. southerly front driven wind. - arriving from NSW and dying out as it moves up the east coast. this will give the goldcoast/bayside area the best wind.
2. monsoonal low over northern qld pushing up against a high over nsw. - this will give sunshine coast and north best winds and usually results in ESE or SE winds on the sunny coast.
3. cyclone (my favourite) - sunshine coast for sure with pumping SE winds.
4. east coast low - typically gold coast is best but can be anywhere.
the current weather pattern is number 2. back in the early 90's when we had very similar conditions to this year and last year caloundra was the mecca. the sand bank at golden beach was speed central with 70-80 people blasting every weekend.
