Fair cop.
In the area where I've done most of my overwater winching and shipboard ops, around the big breakwater which is the Great Barrier Reef, the sea state can often be such that wind lanes form with a decent breeze over a relatively calm sea.
However, the waves being at right angles to the wind is also a bit of a furph, I must say. Depending on the swell, coastal and sea floor shape, prevailing wind conditions and no doubt a lot of other variables, the waves don't necessarily show you what the current wind's doing as you would certainly be aware, I'm sure.
I guess the bottom line for comedyjock is what spinwing said. May I also add for comedyjock, make sure the helideck is rated to take the weight of your machine! Don't land on it unless you know you won't go through it.
Last edited by Arm out the window; 17th September 2012 at 22:58.