Sunday seas

I began the day by going to Betka Beach to see if the River has broken out yet. It hasn't, but the sea seems to be having a fair go at breaking in.

I don't think it was a good morning for a pelagic trip!

Nothing much else to see there so I moved along to Fisherman's Point where the lookout has been closed because the supports have been burnt away.  I had a discussion with a builder about using wood in this situation and he was of the view that metal supports would have been compromised by the fire so might as well use the cheaper option. 

I was able to get a couple of photos of the sea, and scan for seabirds.  None were available to be scanned.  As I looked at this sea I reflected on a photo of some ocean from last week where the poster opined it would be suicidal to go in for a swim with that swell running.  The difference here is that I think it would be suicidal to go in for a swim in just about ant sea conditions.

In the afternoon we thought the weather was good enough to go for a stroll on Bastion Beach.  It was low tide so the breakers were a fair way out.  It was obvious that the waves had been breaking into the Inlet at the end of the vegetation.  This charred yukk had been washed around and a channel eroded into the Inlet: it has a lot of work to do to to create a permanent break - or even a semi-permanent break.  Another few days like yesterdat might give the sea an assist from inside.

There were still quite a few waders around including some Bar-tailed Godwits

Shortly after taking that photo the weather turned very nasty so we came home.

Being quite impressed by the size of the waves I checked the BoM wave height forecast.  We are in the 3 metre zone, which was quite impressive.

I had been hearing on the TV news about the massive storm due to hit WA in the next few days so had a look at the wave forecast for there.  That purple blob is 10+ metres, so more than 3 times the size of our waves.  Given that the WA Coast  is also prone to King waves it should be very exciting there on Monday.