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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:41 pm
by black duck
True dat. I remember John McGroder telling us it would be 2 to 8 ft before we got to a particular spot in the Ments on his boat. We were somewhat confused but he was bang on. Take off was 8ft, kick out at the end was around 2ft.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:46 pm
by Beanpole
Shouldn't it have been 8 to 2 foot then :-D-:

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:12 pm
by PeepeelaPew
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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:14 pm
by Yuke Hunt
Nick Carroll wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:31 pm
Ever measured your surfboard? I bet it isn’t actually what you think it is.
Don't start !

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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:41 pm
by Hatchnam
Beanpole wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:46 pm
Shouldn't it have been 8 to 2 foot then :-D-:
Get any waves today?

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:43 pm
by steve shearer
Nick Carroll wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:31 pm
I’m pretty sure people in another surf cultural slipstream would think we were talking about something totally different, but so what?

Beg your pardon?

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:51 pm
by alakaboo
Cranked wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:12 pm
foamy wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:58 am
As I understand it, in the Hawaiian scale the conversion factor slides with size.
So, a 6 foot wave may be 10 to 12 feet imperial, but a 20 - 25 feet wave is probably around 25 - 35 imperial.
Of course I don't really care foamy, I never ever just say feet, I always suffix it "faces" or use knee, waist, shoulder, head high and multiples thereof. Even meters is good.

I do find it a bit a absurd though that the good and simple measurement of "feet" has become so corrupted.

On Surf forecast I have the units set to metric so I can get the wind speed in km/h, I don't even look at wave size any more, just kJs and period. This week its over 2000kJ most of the week dropping to a 300kJ grovel by Sunday
Holup!

I was willing to let the kJ nonsense slide, but wind speed in km/h is a bridge too far.
Knots or gtfo!

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:04 pm
by Beanpole
Hatchnam wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:41 pm
Beanpole wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:46 pm
Shouldn't it have been 8 to 2 foot then :-D-:
Get any waves today?
Yes, probably should have taken a different board though.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:19 pm
by steve shearer
alakaboo wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:51 pm
Cranked wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:12 pm
foamy wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:58 am
As I understand it, in the Hawaiian scale the conversion factor slides with size.
So, a 6 foot wave may be 10 to 12 feet imperial, but a 20 - 25 feet wave is probably around 25 - 35 imperial.
Of course I don't really care foamy, I never ever just say feet, I always suffix it "faces" or use knee, waist, shoulder, head high and multiples thereof. Even meters is good.

I do find it a bit a absurd though that the good and simple measurement of "feet" has become so corrupted.

On Surf forecast I have the units set to metric so I can get the wind speed in km/h, I don't even look at wave size any more, just kJs and period. This week its over 2000kJ most of the week dropping to a 300kJ grovel by Sunday
Holup!

I was willing to let the kJ nonsense slide, but wind speed in km/h is a bridge too far.
Knots or gtfo!
amen.

why does brother Cranked find this so hard?

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:26 pm
by Beanpole
Legion wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:12 pm
Nick Carroll wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:31 pm
It is interesting but it’s not corrupted imo cranky, it’s just cultural.
That's the weird thing - in the WA surf culture ranging from grommets to people almost as old as Cranked it's all iggy scale. So it's incongruous that he suddenly decided to adopt an obscure British website's system.

There was a reasonably well known pro at my local yesterday. I wonder what he would have thought if I asked him how many kilojoules he reckoned it was, or how many cubic litres I should be riding?
If there was anywhere in Oz where Hawaiian Wave Scale would be relevant it's WA.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:35 pm
by Hatchnam
The photos I put up on the previous page are 3-4 foot waves. Anyone that disagrees is a kook. It’s really that simple.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 5:05 pm
by Beanpole
Agreed,That's where this cracks me up. I agree but your scale is so random that it's meaningless. Maybe you over call wave sizes using your own scale and I undercall them using mine. :-o

It really is just dick swinging bullshit.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 5:11 pm
by Drailed
steve shearer wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:13 am
Nick Carroll wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:00 am
I hope everyone’s having a bit of fun today, clean conditions and a playful swell combo!
had a great fathers day surf with my wife and son.

he got smashed and cut up on the rocks coming in, and had a great time.
How good is surfing. Fccck it is so unique in the experience and happiness it gives you. So intense.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 5:13 pm
by Cranked
Legion wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:12 pm
So it's incongruous that he suddenly decided to adopt an obscure British website's system.
Obscure? Only if you consider 3.6 million hits in the last 6 months to be obscure.

British? It is or was, but in the last 6 months 27% of the above traffic was from the US and only 5% from the UK

https://www.similarweb.com/website/surf ... com#search

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 5:34 pm
by The Mighty Sunbird
I still don’t understand what double or triple overhead means

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 5:35 pm
by The Mighty Sunbird
Like, I haven’t measured my head but I think it’s about 1 foot?

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 5:36 pm
by The Mighty Sunbird
Also.
I have a Sam Egan and a dhd
On the stringer, one says 7’. The other says 6’8
But next to each other they are exactly the same length wtf

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 5:45 pm
by alakaboo
One's measured on the deck, one on the base.