queensland Tsunami in Tonga - warning for Australia East Coast

[kmcrosby78 8,575]

You may have already seen/heard that there was a tsunami in Tonga today. Fingers crossed for the Tongan people that there isn't too much damage/loss of life. A warning has been issued for our section of the East Coast of Australia for tonight. My family are planning to go through Sth Passage Bar at first light Monday morning so we'll be monitoring any lingering effect of this on swell, etc. 

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[ellicat 12,125]

Interesting to see what's going on in the world when the cricket is on.

[turdle 48]

Anyone near the seaway/wavebreak tonight?  The tide gauges are showing a ~1m fluctuation in water levels from the tsunami. I bet the fish are a little confused at the moment.

 

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[kmcrosby78 8,575]

The warning has been cancelled for Qld so all systems go for tomorrow morning .

[AUS-BNE-FISHO 4,999]

I think the only Tsunami in AUS was in Exmouth, and was a 6 metre high wave. I find it hard to believe we could get a big one!

Good luck tomorrow KM!

Cheeers Hamish

[Drop Bear 10,567]

Ok im am in ISO with covid and saw a few news stories on the tsunami.

ABC said something like - Bureau says there will be little if any impact on Australia. In other news...

Channel 7 - Live coverage from Bondi Beach. OMG!!!! Get the people off Bondi NOW! 

[kmcrosby78 8,575]

Well, we caught the bait, but didn't manage to put any real fish in the esky . The bar was a formidable force but we got out fine. Only managed to get two (probable AJ's/Samsonfish) fish on - me first with a good one that had me struggling to make much headway for the first minute of the fight before the hooks pulled . A little while later my brother had one on and fought it most of the way to the boat, only for it to lunge downwards and pulled the hooks too . Would have loved to have landed them and also see what size they were.

Wind picked up so at about 11:45am we decided to err on the side of caution (unlike our last trip out where we paid for it on the trip back ....) and cruised back towards the bar at 45kph most of the way. There were some BIG sets rolling in so we sat on the back of one and had to chase it at 35kph to keep ahead of the equally big one behind it. Nice smooth trip back to the ramp and I'm ready for a BIG sleep tonight after taking a while to get to sleep last night before being greeted by my 2:45am wake up call ........ .

Oh and a bit of trivia - I did some research and can confirm that Amberjack and Samsonfish are part of the Trevally family. Was hoping I could get one for the Suburbs of Origin comp .

[ellicat 12,125]

Bummer they got away. They would have made it a memorable session.