Why Do We Have Swell Hoax's

So the swell was supposed to rise today to a solid 5-6foot South Swell with westerly offshore winds all day. I decided to get in early before all the crowd's descended on it, so i arrived at point at 10:30 knowing that some swell had hit down south(ulla) and swell had hit the bouy's up north (newy). To my suprise the swell was hardly 3foot. As i had nothing to do today, i decided to sit around and wait for this new swell to arive.

Here is a timeline of how my day eventuated.
10:20 - decided to go for an early before the swell hit.
10:30 - arive at surf to find waves not even pushing 3foot
11:30 - 1st hour in the water and no swell rise. occasional 3foot coming through. swell is super bumpy and not entising like i thought it would be.
12:30 - 2nd hour in the water and like before no giant push in the swell. A 4footer did come through though that i managed to snag and hit the backdoor section with a lofty roll. Getting semi impatient that the swell isnt here.
1:30 - 3rd hour, still no push in swell, becoming increasingly worried that the swell was not actually going to hit sydney.
2:30 - waves consistantly 3-4foot, tide way to full for it to be an eventful surf.
2:45 - Winds turn SE and kills what ever surf prospects anyone had for that arvo.


Over all it was a very boring and time consuming gamble that did not pay off. i guess you win some and you loose some. Today i lost out big time.
Oh well - Note To Self: to be a good bodyboarder its good to train in all conditions.

Hopefully the swell push's through tommorow.