Have you ever seen an 8 metre wave?

[Bludymick]

About bnsyak post
In Newcastle there has been a lot on Local media calling this storm up to the level of the pasha floods 5 years ago
And they seem to beat it up and get locals panicked
I was watching the radars and they didn't get anywhere up to that in rain at least
Wind possably
Got up to 95 km overnight I heard ( anyone verify that)
Up at Newcastle beach waves were washing up to wall and froth being blown into pacific park. This was told to me by brisbanite staying in hotel opposite.. Anyone verify again

Love a good storm

Specs pic ado
Wow that's a lot of spray

[Bludymick]

Have a look at Newcastle herald page from today
Whale that got washed up a few years ago has resurfaced after beach has been stripped of sand
Great photo of wall at newy baths as well and some vid as well
http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/ ... 81391.aspx

[kraley]

About bnsyak post
In Newcastle there has been a lot on Local media calling this storm up to the level of the pasha floods 5 years ago
And they seem to beat it up and get locals panicked

nothing of the sort happened here, but your buddy sure endangered a few people with his silly proclamations of 'no storm'.

I was watching the radars and they didn't get anywhere up to that in rain at least
Wind possably
Got up to 95 km overnight I heard ( anyone verify that)

gusts way past 50knots documented -as predicted. it was never about the rain - but a king tide coupled with masive swell. dumbo 'she'll be right' posts from naysayers aside - its was a decent demo of the improving accuracy of 7 day weather models......

[Bludymick]

In Newcastle herald link I posted before it actually stated we got up to 120 km not sure of conversion to knots
Bloody blowy

And so because I give a reason as to why some may have stated something I'm his buddy
No I read our local rags and listen to local radio and it was hyped as a big rain and wind event. Every bloody year they put it on up here. Sells em advertising

I knew when he posted last night we were no where near finished with the event.

[kayakone]

In Newcastle herald link I posted before it actually stated we got up to 120 km not sure of conversion to knots
Bloody blowy

And so because I give a reason as to why some may have stated something I'm his buddy
No I read our local rags and listen to local radio and it was hyped as a big rain and wind event. Every bloody year they put it on up here. Sells em advertising

I knew when he posted last night we were no where near finished with the event.

Divide km/hr by 1.852, to give nautical miles/hour (= knots).
So.. 120 km/hr = 65 knots

You would have had trouble standing in that. Around 90 km/hr balance is affected.

trev

[Occy]

Nice picture of diamond bay cliffs and the spray. I was over at north head and could see the action all along the cliffs to clovelly. The ocean was like a washing machine, with foam everywhere, and it looked to me that some of the spray was reaching around half the height of the cliffs at the gap. It was quite overcast, and very misty due to all the salt in the air, and it felt like i was in a wind tunnel. Gusts at times were so strong I found it hard to steady the camera even though i had the advantage ofthe railings to hold on to. I managed to get some photos which I'll post tomorrow

[bnsyak]

I object kraley,
"your attitude is a good exmaple of what gets newbies to the sport in dangerous situations"
It's just this particular event and bludymick has hit the nail on the head,
every time rain is forecast here people ditch cars in the middle of the road and run for their lives, only this year I saw a lady slam on the brakes, get out and run after a lightning strike,
Storm or not i wouldn't be heading out in the yak with a "weather event" forecast, but 9 times out of 10 a "pasha storm" results in 1mm of rain and a clear sunny day, theres a big difference between these storms now and the weather bomb that flooded newcastle

[Occy]

Just looked at my photos and whilst there were some reasonable ones amongst them none are anywhere near as good as this one in the SMH today -http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/storm-surge-creates-a-real-cliffhanger-20120606-1zwqz.html. I was looking at the same waves but from many kilometres away over on top of north head, and they even looked big from there. Enjoy.

[Ado]

Just looked at my photos and whilst there were some reasonable ones amongst them none are anywhere near as good as this one in the SMH today -http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/storm-surge-creates-a-real-cliffhanger-20120606-1zwqz.html. I was looking at the same waves but from many kilometres away over on top of north head, and they even looked big from there. Enjoy.

That's the shot I just posted Occy.

[KarlD]

I object kraley,
"your attitude is a good exmaple of what gets newbies to the sport in dangerous situations"
It's just this particular event and bludymick has hit the nail on the head,
every time rain is forecast here people ditch cars in the middle of the road and run for their lives, only this year I saw a lady slam on the brakes, get out and run after a lightning strike,
Storm or not i wouldn't be heading out in the yak with a "weather event" forecast, but 9 times out of 10 a "pasha storm" results in 1mm of rain and a clear sunny day, theres a big difference between these storms now and the weather bomb that flooded newcastle

I'm a bit lost here, how does kraleys earlier warning/comment endanger people? It's quite the opposite if you ask me. That's an odd bit of logic there I'm afraid.

[surfersam88]

small misunderstandings can be the cause of significant dangers - case in point is the 98 Sydney to Hobart where a central issue was that many sailors did not know the BOM definition of storm, & how to understand wind strength & wave height forecasts, & from reading this thread it seems that some people here do not know that a BOM wind forecast of 30 knots & 4m swell (say) gives gusts of 50 knots & swells up to 8m

surfersam