Strange weather. After a dark purple sunrise it's now blue, hot and sunny. It's only been spring for 3 weeks and already the mercury has hit 30 in the city, last weekend. We’ve also had temps in the mid 20’s regularly since day one of the new season and it's so great to break out the boardies again and banish the daggy track suit pants to winter storage. I hate the cold.
The water, however, is a totally different story. After one of the mildest winters for water temps I can remember, the ocean has finally caught up to a ‘chilling your willy’ 16 degrees! Must be giving those hardy beach swimmers at Bondi an ice cream headache or two! It isn’t so bad paddling around on a surfboard, especially if the sun is shining.
Even more unseasonable are these crazy 30 knot northeasters that are hitting the coast. Last night was blowing a gale! So weird for this time of year! Besides making the surf (and there isn’t much to speak of today) lumpy and bumpy, a strong nor’easter also creates upwelling. It's all to do with the wind pushing the surface water out to sea at right angles and drawing up the colder, nutrient rich water from the bottom in its place. It's great for the fishies but not for us humans. I won't bore you with science but if you are interested to learn about it, click Here.
In other news, Adventure Film Festival is on all week at the Bondi Pavilion for all you lovers of independent flicks so check it out.
Cheers
Bill Morris
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