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Only barely worth a mention but the 2021 RIP predictions on the BoM website (and the linked *.pdf file) have Moon Phase dates mostly 1 day too early. The relevant BoM folk are now aware of this minor glitch. Probably they won't be fixing it since this (mis)information has been in the public domain s...

Hi, The January to March 2021 "packo predictions" for Port Phillip Heads are now available from the updated links at the top of the original post. Next expected 3 monthly update (April --> June 2021) will be around the 22nd of March 2021 After all the hard work (and diving restrictions) im...

Hi, The October to December 2020 "packo predictions" for Port Phillip Heads are now available from the updated links at the top of the original post. Next expected 3 monthly update (Jan --> March 2021) will be around the 22nd of December 2020 Well the "second wave" did come and t...

Hi, The July to September 2020 "packo predictions" for Port Phillip Heads are now available from the updated links at the top of the original post. Next expected 3 monthly update will be around the 22nd of September 2020 Stay safe in your diving and avoid Covid-19 should a "second wav...

Packo again, with an afterthought post: I've had some second thoughts about my last reply to baza. Perhaps it was the way baza's original post was framed, but I unintentionally slipped into the "its all about the Heads" mindset that I have previously criticised others for, including the po...

Hello baza, Apologies for the delay in replying but I used the recent good weather with a couple of days doing measurements off Portsea and in the Rip. Its all done from a Kayak so is covid-19 "lockdown legal" (I think?). Plenty of "essential exercise" in that, but it leaves me a...

Hello baza. You wrote: (I think I did it correctly but if not here goes again ) . . . Not sure what happen in that first try - but the system says you have only made the one post, and there have been no PM's (personal messages) to me. Never mind all that as I now have received your question - and it...

Hi,

The April to June 2020 "packo predictions" for Port Phillip Heads are now available from the updated links at the top of the original post. Next expected 3 monthly update will be around the 22nd of June 2020
cheers,
packo

***** Apology ***** Hi newman, Very sorry about the many days delay in replying to your post but I have been a little busy. I hope you do manage to revisit this thread again some time to see the much delayed reply to your 2nd Post. Mixed among the usual time consuming domestic chores were a number ...

Hi newman, welcome to the forum! Great to finally get some questions! (In the old dive-Oz forum days there were quite a few questioners - but on this forum you are the first in over 2 years!). BTW interested to know if you are a diver or sailor in this region, or just have a curiosity interest in Po...

hi "YakForger", Welcome to the Scubadoctor forums. Don't worry about asking beginner's questions here - that is where all of us started! Probably you haven't got a response from anyone in the dive shop yet is because it is a very busy time of the year for them and they might not be checkin...

Hi, The January to March 2020 "packo predictions" for Port Phillip Heads are now available from the updated links at the top of the original post. Next expected 3 monthly update will be around the 22nd of March 2020 News? Not much other than all logging bugs seem to have been ironed out of...

****** Background ****** Update 15/11/2019 : Some weeks back I completed work on the "Packo Predictions" of 2020 slack water times and other info for Port Phillip Heads. Part of that work involves a cross check of "Packo times" with the "Cardno times" that the BoM and ...

Hi, The October to December 2019 "packo predictions" for Port Phillip Heads are now available from the updated links at the top of the original post. Next expected 3 monthly update will be around the 22nd of December 2019 Not sure what is going on but google doesn't seem to hoover up the t...

Hi,

The July to September 2019 "packo predictions" for Port Phillip Heads are now available from the updated links at the top of the original post. Next expected 3 monthly update will be around the 22nd of September 2019

cheers,
packo