Seas/swell between NSW and Nth QLD Australia mid/late April

[arxcards]

Captain Paoletti has announced they are heading north, and to expect a bumpy ride.

[OzKiwiJJ]

Just now, arxcards said:

Captain Paoletti has announced they are heading north, and to expect a bumpy ride.

I looked at the BOM interactive wave map and the high seas will move away from our coast very quickly so hopefully they'll only have a few bouncy hours.

[Porky55]

11 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

I looked at the BOM interactive wave map and the high seas will move away from our coast very quickly so hopefully they'll only have a few bouncy hours.

Once they are past Bundaberg they’ll be within the reef and it seems calmer …… 🌊🌊

[Porky55]

The dark blue on the reef is up to 2m, the pink to red is 6 to 9m - 🤢

 

[Aus Traveller]

1 hour ago, Porky55 said:

Once they are past Bundaberg they’ll be within the reef and it seems calmer …… 🌊🌊

They can go that far north. The current Pacific Explorer cruise is a three-night cruise from Sydney and back into Sydney. Even to get to Brisbane takes two nights at sea.

Edited June 11, 2022 by Aus Traveller

[Porky55]

2 hours ago, Aus Traveller said:

They can go that far north. The current Pacific Explorer cruise is a three-night cruise from Sydney and back into Sydney. Even to get to Brisbane takes two nights at sea.

Agreed - this is more for the Coral ‘activation’ cruise 😁

[Porky55]

The seas will be dropping off by the time Cbtours boards on the 16th - down to 3m swells or lower if Coral hugs the coast 😆

[arxcards]

3 hours ago, Porky55 said:

Agreed - this is more for the Coral ‘activation’ cruise 😁

They also are not going anywhere near that far. Just doing a nice 10kn loop and they are back into Moreton Bay in the wee hours.

[Porky55]

55 minutes ago, arxcards said:

They also are not going anywhere near that far. Just doing a nice 10kn loop and they are back into Moreton Bay in the wee hours.

On the current cruise of 2 days - probably. But Moreton Bay can get a touch savage at times too.
 

But on Cbtours cruise on the 16th, they go a bit further up the coast than Moreton Bay 🙄 - hope they do anyway!

Edited June 12, 2022 by Porky55

[arxcards]

Pacific Explorer has decided to brave the elements and are slowly tracking north towards Coffs. They are returning south tomorrow when the waves drop a bit. It will still be exciting though, heading back into the southerly swell.