Where did you surf today ?
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
That makes no sense but shine on you crazy diamond
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Good question.
1/ didn't know it was based in Devon. Usually only use it if I'm going somewhere OS
2/now it's one of the only sites that give a detailed week forecast without paying.
The Little East Low that snuck across Nth NSW out into the Tasman was quite unusual and unpredicted.
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I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Unpredicted?
It was on every synoptic chart i sW.
It was on every synoptic chart i sW.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Just checked forecasts for today at ulus:
Swellnet 8-10
Surf Forecast 6-8
Surfline 10-15
Magic Seaweed 6-8
no reason to change my mind, kJs on Surf Forecast give me a much better idea of what surf to expect
Swellnet 8-10
Surf Forecast 6-8
Surfline 10-15
Magic Seaweed 6-8
no reason to change my mind, kJs on Surf Forecast give me a much better idea of what surf to expect
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Fccck me, I thought this conversation was over.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Wow, big spread
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
It was, you guys nearly had me bamboozled into accepting feet. The energy of the wave is what counts. Feet do not measure the energy of a wave
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Its never over Buddy.
Its like the historical Jesus: subject to constant and continuing revisionism.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Yes, Steve. That's for us who look at synoptic charts. What I meant was it just seemed to pop up rather than come across as a southerly front or roll down from the north like a cyclonic depression. I don't take that keen an interest in conditions up north unless I'm planning on going there. Just keep a general eye on the Synoptics.
Put your big boy pants on
I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
That's why surf sites where invented. That is for those who want to be urshered into the waves by expert opinion.
For the next 6 hours:
Wind: SW
Height: 2ft
Swell direction: SE
Know your limits today guys.
For the next 6 hours:
Wind: SW
Height: 2ft
Swell direction: SE
Know your limits today guys.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Totally, that thing was accurately forecast four days out
It amazed me that so many people were shocked by the appearance of a swell from it.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Just checked forecasts for today at ulus, below are the forecasts (morning then afternoon)
Swellnet 10-8
Surf Forecast 8-6
Surfline 15-10
Magic Seaweed 8-6
Edit: swapped, was afternoon then morning, its dropping
Does anyone know what these forecasts are?
1. Are they open ocean or actual wave heights as they break at ulus
2 Are they in real feet or surfer feet.
There are four possibilities based on the answers to the above questions and I have no idea what they answers actually are.
My estimate of the waves faces in real feet this morning for the set waves was 8-10'
It does seem though that none of these sites are using surfer feet, otherwise they would have been something like 4' dropping to 3' in the afternoon.
If my supposition is correct, why do they not use surfer feet?
By the way the kJs gave me pretty much what I expected, maybe just a little over estimated.
Swellnet 10-8
Surf Forecast 8-6
Surfline 15-10
Magic Seaweed 8-6
Edit: swapped, was afternoon then morning, its dropping
Does anyone know what these forecasts are?
1. Are they open ocean or actual wave heights as they break at ulus
2 Are they in real feet or surfer feet.
There are four possibilities based on the answers to the above questions and I have no idea what they answers actually are.
My estimate of the waves faces in real feet this morning for the set waves was 8-10'
It does seem though that none of these sites are using surfer feet, otherwise they would have been something like 4' dropping to 3' in the afternoon.
If my supposition is correct, why do they not use surfer feet?
By the way the kJs gave me pretty much what I expected, maybe just a little over estimated.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Surfline does not use surfer feet.
http://www.surfline.com/surf-science/wa ... log_22495/
Magic Seaweed uses a pretty much indentical scale to Surfline.
https://magicseaweed.com/help/surf-fore ... ve-heights
http://www.surfline.com/surf-science/wa ... log_22495/
Magic Seaweed uses a pretty much indentical scale to Surfline.
https://magicseaweed.com/help/surf-fore ... ve-heights
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Sounds they are using actual face height and Swellnet most accurately accords with your experience Cranked.
Ulus will be bigger than Impossibles though.
Ulus will be bigger than Impossibles though.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
cranky your beyond Muzza swell, the winds are epic but it all looks a bit too far east for the wind angles
heavy winds over a lot of ocean but mostly around 230 degrees. Radial spread should see most of the size get to Bali and eastern Java but a lot of it looks like it will hit NW Australia and all the eastern Indo chain with more consistency
The Muzza storm was further west and with stronger winds at its peak.
heavy winds over a lot of ocean but mostly around 230 degrees. Radial spread should see most of the size get to Bali and eastern Java but a lot of it looks like it will hit NW Australia and all the eastern Indo chain with more consistency
The Muzza storm was further west and with stronger winds at its peak.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Hilarious. Look at the 3 ft photo, it's small. The 5ft photo is 3ft. According to Surfline I'm a fking charger. My new favourite site.foamy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:58 pmSurfline does not use surfer feet.
http://www.surfline.com/surf-science/wa ... log_22495/
Magic Seaweed uses a pretty much indentical scale to Surfline.
https://magicseaweed.com/help/surf-fore ... ve-heights
Re: Where did you surf today ?
This comment on that Surfline link seems to back up the mainstream Aussie scale well.
“ arii 11/21/2013 03:10 PM
I'm from Hawaii.I am 59.We don't look at the back of the wave when estimating it,we look at the face.Never have,never did.Can't tell you who started saying we measure the back.But we do call a 7-8 foot wave 4 feet.I was looking at the pictures and calling them how I estimate them, and was surprised at how accurately they matched the heights listed divided by half.On the news channels,they post wave face heights so tourists and visiting surfers are not caught unawares. “
“ arii 11/21/2013 03:10 PM
I'm from Hawaii.I am 59.We don't look at the back of the wave when estimating it,we look at the face.Never have,never did.Can't tell you who started saying we measure the back.But we do call a 7-8 foot wave 4 feet.I was looking at the pictures and calling them how I estimate them, and was surprised at how accurately they matched the heights listed divided by half.On the news channels,they post wave face heights so tourists and visiting surfers are not caught unawares. “
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