11.00am Saturday 31 December 2011 - New Year's Eve

Swell is 3 foot but messy in a light force 2 cross/onshore southwesterly breeze.

Tides
Low 03.52 1.4m
High 10.15 3.5m
Low 16.18 1.3m
High 22.49 3.2m

10.00am Friday 30 December 2011

Swell is 4 foot with a light force 1 southeasterly cross/offshore breeze.

Tides
Low 03.08 1.2m
High 09.28 3.8m
Low 15.35 1.1m
High 21.59 3.2m

10.15am Thursday 29 December 2011

Continuing stormy. Swell is 4-6 foot driven by a 8-9 gale force northwesterly wind.

Tides
Low 02.26 1.0m
High 08.40 4.1m
Low 4.53 0.9m
High 12.12 3.7m

What a contrast on the walkabout - stroll among calm stately trees, then round the corner into gales and a frenzy of foam and sea.

 

10.45am Wednesday 28 December 2011

Another fine storm with 6 foot swells off the beach and 8 foot walls of water at the Creek. Wind is storm force 10 westerly onshore, bring squalls of hail and rain.

Tides
Low 01.33 0.9m
High 07.53 4.3m
Low 14.11 0.8m
High 20.25 3.9m

10.00am Tuesday 27 December 2011

Beautiful 4 foot swell this morning, in clean lines with a force 3 southeasterly cross/offshore breeze.

Tides
Low 01.01 0.8m
High 07.07 4.4m
Low 13.30 0.6m
High 19.39 4.0m

9.35am Monday 26 December St Stephen's Day 2011

Waves are 2 foot and there is a 3 foot swell off the Creek, all a bit messy in a mild gusty force 4 southwesterly breeze.

Tides
Low 00.16 0.8m
High 06.22 4.5m
Low 12.45 0.6m
High 18.52 4.2m

10.30am Christmas Day and Christmas Swim

Happy Christmas all. Swell this morning is 2 foot with a cross/onshore southwesterly force 3 breeze gusting to 4.

Tides
High 05.37 4.4m
Low 11.58 0.6m
High 18.06 4.2m

And below is the man, Rossnowlagh's only swimmer so far this morning, and swimming today with temperatures of 13C+ is a doddle compared to last year's swim in -6C  temperatures.

For pictures of last year's snowbound Rossnowlagh Christmas visit http://rossnowlaghsurf.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2010-01-01T00:00:00Z&updated-max=2011-01-01T00:00:00Z&max-results=50

11.50am Christmas Eve 2011 - just a bit late today.

My surfer house guest, whose arrival at 11.54 delayed posting of this surf report, says it's a crap day -35 lines of white water and onshore.
As if there could be anything but a good day in Rossnowlagh. The waves are 2 foot with up to 4 foot walls (not white water) at the creek and the breeze is light force 3 southwesterly cross/onshore.
And unseasonably warm. And a new moon.
So Happy Christmas to all who share my  Polyanna happiness syndrome.

Tides
04.51 4.3m
Low 11.08 0.7m
High 17.19 4.1m
Low 23.28 0.8m

9.00am Friday 23 December 2011

Photos are of 9.00am but being uploaded now at 15.50. I got distracted - so easily distracted on these busy Christmas preparation days.
So the pics are just for checking in with Rossnowlagh. Maybe I'll get a proper surf and tide report done on time tommorow. ;-)

Nearly forgot, primroses in bloom down the road from Smugglers Creek. They look as if they've been blooming for a while - well hammered.