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The Southern Ocean can get rather rough in winter. It's not the best time of year to be sailing in the open ocean there.

• Tloewald 13y ago
  It can get quite rough in Summer. The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race frequently claims lives and it's in Summer.
  • lostlogin 13y ago
    That's the Tasman Sea I think - not that this is any better. The Tasman side of NZ is the wild side, and it gets pretty damn wild.
    • Tloewald 13y ago
      It's the Tasman and the South Pacific, the latter being precisely where someone going from NZ to SE Australia is sailing.
      • lostlogin 13y ago
        I meant to reply to the post yours is a parent of sorry. I get South Pacific as a description, its just Southern Ocean that seems a stretch.
• lostlogin 13y ago
  I don't think they were in the Southern Ocean - at least that isn't where they are searching (when they find a non-broken plane to fly). We have had near record breaking bad weather, so so calling it rough out there is a serious understatement. We have a very nice break at the moment, so I hope the search goes A bit better. http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10893755 http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=...