Latest weather…

Latest weather…

Our departure from Mooloolaba for Hamilton Island is drawing closer, and the weather forecast for the first leg around Fraser Island is beginning to crystalize. It looks pretty benign, if not a tad boring!

Grib weather for 26 June to 3 July 2008

Making headway against the Australian East Coast Current might be a bit of a challenge though…

Oh well…

At least it is meant to breeze up towards the end of the week, and we should have pretty good trade winds for the rest of the passage!

Ocean surface temperatures and currents for 26 June 2008, courtesy CSIRO Remote Sensing.