1 ft at 28 sec..

by **sandy** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:18 am

Well the forecast for my local on Tue is 1ft at 28 seconds!?

I'd put money on that falling through but what would that even break at?! What would a 1ft @ 28 second wave even look like!? MSW reckons chest high..

Surprised and confused!

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by **themathteacher** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 2:56 pm

Not much to be confused about, you must live in San Diego, or at least, that is what the report has read for the past 2 days.

So, waht do you do? Find a report that tells you the direction and try to guess where best to go. Yesterday the report said mixed with 190 and 280 combo, so I went to OB and scored endless waist high fun surf.

You get better at guessing as you surf your local spots more, so you can maximize your wave count

by **drowningbitbybit** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:32 pm

sandy wrote:What would a 1ft @ 28 second wave even look like!? MSW reckons chest high..

Unlikely for the most part :lol:

Interesting question though... as the period is determined by how far the wave has travelled, what is the theoretically highest period a wave can have? I guess it's determined by the two furthest points that a wave can be generated/received.... Get me an oceanographist now! :lol:

Anyway, 28s would seem unlikely. Interpreting MSW's little quirks, it would usually mean (if it says it consistently, rather than as a blip - and obviously depending on direction etc) something like basically flat but with very inconsistent sets, some of which might end up having some surprising size and power. So not necessarily a bad day to be on the water, but you might need some patience

by **sandy** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 2:38 pm

Yep this was a totally red herring..

http://surfforecasting.magicseaweed.com/?p=1318

Thanks for the comments though!