Wave models
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I imagine ‘boo saying that in his stern dad voice.
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You know what I mean boo', you are just being pedantic.alakaboo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:56 pmJesus fcuk.
Your attachment to kJ doesn't even adhere to the laws of physics now?
So all breaking waves are silent, because none of the energy gets converted into sound, and there's never any erosion or acretion?
And waves all break the same way, regardless of bathymetry, because friction has no effect?
Just stop it.
Of course the wave energy degrades while travelling in the open ocean, when affected by adverse wind and currents, when it encounters drag in shallow water (which can be 1000' for long period waves), by shoaling, and is dissipated quickly when it breaks.
Roughly though, wave energy is conserved as it enters shallow water but the wave height changes significantly as the wave length decreases, and more so just prior to breaking.
Compared to wave energy, wave height is a particularly bad choice to meaningfully describe any given swell.
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Pedantry is the bedrock of science.
If you're fine with just disregarding all the situations where the real world doesn't match the theory, you should've been an economist.
If you're fine with just disregarding all the situations where the real world doesn't match the theory, you should've been an economist.
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Fcuking sound for Christ's sake! Very funny 'boo - there goes .00000000000000000000001% of the wave energy right there.
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You disregarded gravity, for fcuks sake.
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As long as you aren't imagining me in the bath, loof.
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And gravity.
The issue I'm talking about is illustrated by Surflines predictions for yesterday at Ulus. They were saying the near shore swell was around 2m, and the surf was around 3m.
Surf Forecast just gives the near shore swell (2m in this instance) and kJs. I use the kJs for the reasons I have outlined above.
I'm not really concerned about the degradation of a swell over its lifetime and its causes, just the last 10 or so kilometres where it's feeling the change in depth and it's transitioning to a breaking wave.
I assume the swell models would have taken into account all the swell degradation factors up to that point anyway.
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I looked at the forecasts last night for yesterday arvo and they were both about the same, except for the arrival of the new swell.
Surfline and surf forecast were forecasting an open ocean swell of around 1.6m@14 seconds (at -9, 115 for Surfline).
Surfline also provided an estimated wave height based on that swell for Ulus of around 2.5-3m (actual not Iggy).
Surfline and surf forecast were forecasting an open ocean swell of around 1.6m@14 seconds (at -9, 115 for Surfline).
Surfline also provided an estimated wave height based on that swell for Ulus of around 2.5-3m (actual not Iggy).
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Yeah, I realised this morning that my comment about Surfline overcalling the breaking waves was because I was comparing Surf Forecasts near shore swell with Surflines "breaking waves".
From experience Surf Forecasts kJs were telling me that but I was waylaid by the extra swell height data and lack of familiarity with the Surfline site.
From experience Surf Forecasts kJs were telling me that but I was waylaid by the extra swell height data and lack of familiarity with the Surfline site.
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OK so Nick seems not to remember the date of his recent Monday epic. No bother, I will simply delve into the search using some key words and then trip the light fantastic through the magicseaweed archive.
First up, 'North Wall':
Let's try 'Maroubra'
These are some of Nick's recent reports (I'm assuming that, unless he says otherwise, Nick is surfing Newport):
Magicseaweed forecast: 2-3ft all day
Clearly, the forecast sites aren't 100% accurate all the time and magicseaweed has seemingly undercalled quite significantly on a couple of Nick's recentish surfs and the one from February that iggy referred to. Accurate enough though? I would say so
First up, 'North Wall':
Magicseaweed forecast for 3pm: 2-3ft and onshore
Magicseaweed forecast for 3pm: 3-5ft, strong cross-onshore
Let's try 'Maroubra'
Magicseaweed forecast for 9am: 2-3ft, cross-shore
Magicseaweed forecast for 9am: 2-3ft. Forecast for 6pm 3-5ftHatchnam wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2018 6:44 amSome interesting banter going on over late yesterday’s short lived but intense spike in swell. It caught everyone out.
http://www.swellnet.com/reports/forecas ... i-peaky-ne
Biggest swell ive seen hit maroubra since June 6 2016. Solid eight foot and bigger. paddled out at the north end and was lucky to make it out. It was relentless. Got pulped on the outer bank then got spat wide and made it out during a lull.
Having seen the size of the surf in the morning the only board I had packed was a 6’0.
Magicseaweed forecast: 3-5ft all day
These are some of Nick's recent reports (I'm assuming that, unless he says otherwise, Nick is surfing Newport):
Magicseaweed forecast: 3-5ft all morningNick Carroll wrote: ↑Sat Jul 14, 2018 10:44 amPowering today! 6-8’ and a bit messy with the earlyish high tide bit still fun. Winter’s really catching on
Magicseaweed forecast: 4-6ft, albeit with their highest 'five star' rating. Got the wind shift timing pretty accuratelyNick Carroll wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 1:37 pmWhoa, swell really booted around 11am. Boom! 10', solid, long, pretty clean though the wind shifted a bit around midday. Super fun!
Magicseaweed forecast: 4-6ftNick Carroll wrote: ↑Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:14 pmFcuken best day of the year, hands down.
Every beach with north end sand is off the hook. And pretty much every beach has north end sand courtesy of the endless sth swells of the past three months.
result, 4-6' plus reeling lefts with a handful of people kinda hanging on the shoulder.
Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:56 pmWooo playful lil Lower Trestles this morning, mushy but fun in the 3' range
Magicseaweed forecast: 2-3ft all day
Clearly, the forecast sites aren't 100% accurate all the time and magicseaweed has seemingly undercalled quite significantly on a couple of Nick's recentish surfs and the one from February that iggy referred to. Accurate enough though? I would say so
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I had the recent experience of being in South Africa and struggled to find a surf forecast that gave a reasonably accurate forecast - the forecast winds were regularly wrong so I reverted back to weather maps.
Which reminded me of a mate's old web site which now lives elsewhere: http://www.surfingvancouverisland.com/surf/predict.htm
You have to wade down past the references he lists. Point 2 is:
"From the wind strength, duration, and fetch length, one can calculate, or use a chart/table to estimate the size of the
sea's at that point, and also the period of the waves, and hence their speed, and therefore swell arrival time !.
The main problem is to get the windstrength".
This page was from 1996.
I find the surf forecasts generally undercall east swell longeivity which is a good thing. They are coarse measures which do a reasonable job at general forecasts but can be woeful for specific spots. There is also a fair bit of cut and pasting that happened at one site where the forecasts from northern NSW to Noosa was essentially the same. I also find the 7 day wind direction forecasts are often dramatically revised a day or two out.
Which reminded me of a mate's old web site which now lives elsewhere: http://www.surfingvancouverisland.com/surf/predict.htm
You have to wade down past the references he lists. Point 2 is:
"From the wind strength, duration, and fetch length, one can calculate, or use a chart/table to estimate the size of the
sea's at that point, and also the period of the waves, and hence their speed, and therefore swell arrival time !.
The main problem is to get the windstrength".
This page was from 1996.
I find the surf forecasts generally undercall east swell longeivity which is a good thing. They are coarse measures which do a reasonable job at general forecasts but can be woeful for specific spots. There is also a fair bit of cut and pasting that happened at one site where the forecasts from northern NSW to Noosa was essentially the same. I also find the 7 day wind direction forecasts are often dramatically revised a day or two out.
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As they should be. 7 day wind forecasts are mostly fantasy.
I love the regional forecasts, they're so inaccurate for the places I surf it's like going back to the early 2000s.
I love the regional forecasts, they're so inaccurate for the places I surf it's like going back to the early 2000s.
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Just checked Coastalwatch for the Gold Coast. 3-4
Commentary says 8-10 on open beaches and 6+ in protected corners.
Do different people do these bits?
Commentary says 8-10 on open beaches and 6+ in protected corners.
Do different people do these bits?
Put your big boy pants on
I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
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