• Ocean tides

  

  There are two types of 'tides' - high and low. Tidal variation is a key factor in determining when to go surfing. Tides will change between 'dead' high and 'dead' low approx every 6hrs 20min. Example - if it is high tide at 12pm today it will be high tide at approx 12:40pm tomorrow...

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• Reading swell and wind charts

  

  Above shows a standard issue of a weather map, showing the 'high' and 'low' pressure systems surrounding Australia. These pressure systems are the key factors for generating our surfing waves. So how do you make sense of all this from a surfers perspective? We now have professional forecasters ...

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Surf Forecast:

2010-07-29 23:30:00

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Surf Report

The swell Is messy out of the ENE and has picked up to around 3-4ft and it's overcast with showers. The winds are light WSW early and are trying to clean conditions up, but NE winds are predicted later. Messy waves along the open beaches early and check Kawana pocket and Kings later when the wind goes NE. Check out the latest Coastalwatch forecast.

Weather

Wind:

5 kts WSW

Swell:

3-4ft ENE

Rating:

4

High Tide:

09:48 am & 10:05 pm

Low Tide:

03:59 am & 03:37 pm

Water Temp:

20

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Rainbow Beach Noosa Bar Noosa Coolum Marcoola Maroochydore Alex Headland Mooloolaba Kawana - Buddina Kings 2010-07-29 23:30:00

Outlook:

Wind: NE/NW 10/15 knots, reaching 15/20 knots south of Cape Moreton in the morning. Sea: 1.2 to 1.7 metres. Rain breaking up to showers during day. Late thunderstorms developing.

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