Trip to Noosa May 2019

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See also
surfline.com/surf-report/noosa-heads

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coastalwatch.com/surf-cams-surf-reports/qld/noosa-north-shore

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..and wind:
coastalwatch.com/wind/qld/noosa

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This is what Surfing is..

ARRAWARRA from steven powter on Vimeo.

A bit crowded and people dropping in sometimes but still a fun and mellow experience. Perfect size waves, rolling gently and smooth surface conditions.

Temotu Feb12

This page was a bunch of links that may be needed for a visit to Temotu Province.
The blog of this trip is at this page:
temotusurf.net

Forecast
From Stormsurfing.com
North Pacific wave height stormsurfing.com/cgi/display.cgi?a=npac_height
and period stormsurfing.com/cgi/display.cgi?a=npac_per
and note the following:

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From Surfline
You may not be able to access these pages without a Premium membership.
Ignore the southern swell in these forecasts:
surfline.com/surfdata/forecast_advanced.cfm

Surfline Text forecast
surfline.com/surfdata/forecast_advanced.cfm..lat=-10.10&slon=165.98

Language - Äiwoo or Ayiwo (ISO 639-3: nfl)
Vocabulary with links to other language resources: language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/austronesian
OLAC resources for this language
language-archives.org/language/nfl

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Nagu(the other main language of the region) Swadesh lists in Text form
archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_ngr_swadesh-1/ngr

Maps
All Solomons (unlisted)
goo.gl/maps/mDUB
same map..
g.co/maps/43eyy

Reef and surrounds
maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?

View Pigeon Reef Makalom Pileni in a larger map

Tiavea Rivermouth Surf Report and Forecast

Best surfing view (for me)

lajollasurf.org/gblpac.html

Look for the Orthographic Projection for SW Pacific (185°W 10°S) of wave height. Also of interest is the one for the period of the wave, the quality of the swell, its period. Longer periods mean that the swell is more powerful. These are called ground swell (wrongly) because they do not relate to the local weather condition.

Wave Watch III Data from
polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves
NOAA/NCEP Ocean Modelling Branch

Central Pacific

The weather in the central Pacific

Watch the winter swell. In December to February the storms (yellow, orange & red) are at the top of this graphic.
In June to August storms are at the bottom.
The rest of the time they may be in both places.
The dark blue bits are flat.

Surfline forecast - PNG
Australia:

Click to see the LaJolla choice of pictures (NOAA/NCEP WAVEWATCH III Plots).
SolSurf Retreat on the island of Santa Isabel in the Solomon Islands.
surfline.com/../tavarua - in Fiji
surfing-waves.com/../solomon_islands/spot/papturas.html

Surfline Surf Forecasts

7 days of waves

No Tsunami - see pohnpeisurfclub.com/captains_log
Catching waves in Pohnpei..

See also:
youtube.com channel BruceWhite

 

 

 

 

 

one wave at Long Reef

Usual story with wide angle lens, surf look smaller, and it can't show the wave behind when it is facing forward.
Anyway, fun wave and a bit of an obstacle course.

Pohnpei Micronesia

Access to all the websites I expect to need during the trip. Shortcut to get here: bit.ly/ppass102

Forecast

What is expected to happen. Each of these has been different in some way for the last 2-3 months. In mid March we will know which one gets it right.
Individual breaks:
surfline.com/surf-spots-breaks/micronesia/
Area forecast & tides. 2 links to the same place:
surfline.com/lola-waves/micronesia/
surfline.com/..micronesia&county=pohnpei
Nearshore model:
surfline.com/coast-swell-wind/micronesia/pohnpei_7275
Warnings & Satellite images for Pohnpei Coastal Waters:
forecast.weather.gov/..zoneid=PMZ173
Magic Seaweed Palikir Swell Forecast:
magicseaweed.com/Pohnpei-Palikir-Pass-Surf-Report/..


Note: No responsibility for any consequence of any action or decision taken on the basis of a forecast or any other content.
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Reports

What is actually happening:
Surfline Surf Report:
surfline.com/reports Select the other breaks from that page (Palikir pass, Main pass, Mwahnd pass, Central channel & Napali)
Surfline Satellite view:
surfline.com/../p-pass-micronesia_7297/satellite-view
Magic Seaweed Historical Data February:
magicseaweed.com/spot-monthly-overview.php
Tsunami watch NOAA: prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/?region=1

Information

Surfline provide the most information on Micronesia.
surfline.com/travel
Select break from the drop-down list: P-pass, Main pass, Mwahnd pass, Central channel & Napali

News

Twitter Search Feed on Pohnpei:
search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=pohnpei

Other Sites with information

wavehunters.com/../Caroline_Islands.asp
surf.transworld.net/..pohnpei-micronesia

Winter 2009 issue of The Surfers Journal has a 20+ page article on the surf history, reports and photos in surf magazines and the personalities involved in setting up surf tourism in the area:
Vol 18 No. 6

Shortcut to large map bit.ly/5msSvz

View FSM Surf in a larger map

wavehunters.com/caroline-islands..surf.asp (Easy Pass, Main Pass, Palikir Pass, Freddos, Sondens, Spaghettis, Russell's rights)

Tides in Detail

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/..Pohnpei Harbor

Travel Directory

lostatpohnpei.com/pohnpei-travel-directory

Trip to North Island NZ

Off to surf Northland in NZ so I am setting up one place to access all the websites I need for the trip.

North end of North Island. Shortcut to get here: bit.ly/nz912
to map bit.ly/XM5a6

Overview Tasman Sea

Sweet spot NZ

I wish other countries, regions & places had this:
swellmap.com/sweetspots.php?region=northland
On .surf-forecast.com forecast pages use the link to wavefinder

North Tip

Spirits Bay
swellmap.com/reg_forecasts.php?tag=spirt&pt=surf
surf-forecast.com/breaks/SpiritsBay/forecasts/latest/six_day

NW coast

swellmap.com/reg_forecasts.php?tag=Ship

Go to yosurfer.com for surf reports & forecasts
Next 6 days surf-forecast.com/breaks/ShipwrecksBay-Peaks/forecasts/latest/six_day

NE coast

swellmap.com/reg_forecasts.php?tag=Taupo

Go to yosurfer.com for surf reports & forecasts
Next 6 days surf-forecast.com/breaks/TaupoBay/forecasts/latest/six_day

Piha

swellmap.com/reg_forecasts.php?tag=Piha
CAM surf.co.nz/reports/auckland-west

Coromandel

swellmap.com/reg_forecasts.php?tag=Wmata

Go to yosurfer.com for surf reports & forecasts
Next 6 days at Whangamata Beach surf-forecast.com/breaks/WhangamataBeach/forecasts/latest/six_day
Hot Water
surf-forecast.com/breaks/HotwaterBeach/forecasts/latest/six_day
Also, you could take this as a general note on South Pacific swells:
"best time period for significant swell for Teahupoo, Tahiti during the months of April and May, are during the last two weeks of April and the first week of May."
surfline.com..analysis-of-teahupoos-april-and-may-swell-patterns

Surf Forecasts

We have collected some differing views of surf forecasts.
Bookmark or share the link to this page. Note: that the graphics show the current forecast.
winhelp.com.au/makesurf
Also there is a chart that plots wind and swell aimed toward Sydney..
surfline.com/surfline/charts/chart.cfm
OR to make it easy to share with others:
http://bit.ly/sydwind
When you get to that page press the Loop button on the top right hand corner to see the chart animate up to 120 hours ahead.
Also check out the NZ forecast site that lets you dial-up the best surf:
swellmap.com/sweetspots.php

Finally this WaveWatch gadget is also worth checking out:


Go to wavewatch.com for your local surf forecasts

Surf Forecast Australia - La Jolla

Source:
lajollasurf.org/gblpac.html
On this page you can select which part of the world you want to see, actual and forecast data.

Finding smaller surf in Sydney

Great graphical representation of the forecast at seabreeze.com.au
Start your search for smaller waves at the south end of a Sydney beach (except Bondi), find somewhere out of the wind. Remember that overcast and cold weather should keeps the crowds away.
Heavy rain can be a health problem.
For places you may not have thought about see the Sydney Beach Map: maps.google.com/maps

View Sydney Surf for beginners in a larger map

Neilsen Park surf

Surfing Sydney Harbour from Maarten van Dun on Vimeo.
Thanks to:
http://www.aquabumps.com/

Global perspective

This gives you an idea of what the surf is doing at the moment.
Visit the Surfline site for details.

Seabreeze com au

Sydney forecast

In fact if you need to know what the wind is doing anywhere in Australia, this site has live wind graphs and seven day wind & wave forecasts presented in an easy to read format.

They also have a listing of Second Hand Kitesurfing and Windsurfing Equipment.

Resurrect the Diggers Point project

Years ago there was a proposal to make a classic point break between South Curl Curl and Freshwater beaches in Sydney (Australia).

Can the proponents of this project breathe some life into it by making it available on the web?
Some discussion and some clever ideas could make this project happen.