Hi Aussie Girl
Thanks for the update and photo. It would have been interesting to see the swell. When I was in my late teens and early 20’s, I and a few mates used to chase the swell and surf the monsters. Sometimes there would only be a a dozen out in the break. We didn’t have any jet ski’s or safety gear back in the 80’s. A few times you would line one up and as you saw over the lip this massive drop you would just pull out at the last minute.
Then the sets would get even bigger and we would paddle even further out. Then you would have your heart and stomach in your mouth and just go for it. But that swell just looks a bit to messy to surf.

Tonight on the weather the term Hybrid system was used for TC Alfred but this can diminish the seriousness of the threat. It was said it could be similar to an ECL.

But to keep things simple it is still TC Alfred and will still cause possible damage no matter what it is labelled. There are technicalities brought in by BoM in 1978. Sometimes when you analyse it, there is really no difference at times and I believe this is one of those times.

There is still time for the system to change. It is a little bit disorganised currently, but is expected to re intensify to at least a Cat 2 system.

Tomorrow will give us a better view of what is happening. Hopefully it may move to the East. But for everyone reading please stay alert and listen to the updates and warnings.