Just checked out the Wello bank for the first SWester for the year the bank is very low so sailing behind the bank will be hard this year at this stage there is very little sand height so flat water will be hard to find. This picture was taken at 1.30 Thursday 1.5.14 so by Sat it will be too shallow by about 3pm as the tide heights will be lower. If you look at my photo the rubble near the island is close to the height of the sand bar. Sand in close to the shore area is silted up also.