Not picking it will drop for tomorrow looking at the forecast .
1.8 on port website at the moment as well.

Should still be 2-3 foot at the beach in the morning. But its a long period swell, so should be able to time it pretty well.

Doubtful with the size of the surf slater

Didn’t look bad when I checked it this avo. Maybe the bigger sets where hitting 3 foot

14footFC wrote: Cheers for the replies guys, will check out the Garmin units too and make sure it can come off easy. Was thinking a railblazer slider with unit in the middle and a holder either side. Looking forward to getting out there!!

the garmin striker 4 I have clips in and out very easily. just make sure you set up a leash for the head unit as can get knocked out by a wave or other means easily. I nearly lost mine first trip, transducer cable held in and saved it. I usually stow it away in and out of surf.

Is a great little chirp unit if you don't need charts on your GPS and really well priced.

Garmin striker are a nice and easy unit to use and don't use much power to run them , I would look at putting on a leash to the unit not its brackets there are some bolt points around the side of the unit . I have had my unit knocked off twice now . Things to look out for with the power plug , you can put it in to the unit the wrong way around in the dark and it won't power up I found putting a white paint mark on the plug to show top sorts that , make sure that you disconnect the power from the battery as soon as possible when it is not plugged into the sounder as the plug power socket fizzes away and ends up not working . A bit of vas around the plug helps to keep out water and look at getting a sounder cover they are really good for stopping waves hitting the plugs.
Gps is a must for drift line if you are going to be a softbait.

I had a look at the surf cams, saw the nice inside shorey and the peaks out the back and wasn't too worried I didn't go. Would have got out, but had plenty to do around the house anyway.

Bugger Slater hate that east drift.

Good brownie point accumulation Adam will put you in credit 

Launched from maraenui at 7 this morning - bit choppy to start with gusty SE wind but that dropped after an hour - 2 pannies quickly then nothing for hour then big run on strayline which was a good snap but lost at the yak 🤐🤐
Ended up with limit with all styles catching fish even z mans which is unusual for me
Also caught decent amount of medium kys which went out as livies as JD hang about there but no takers