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18'-20' swell forecast
big and heavy
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http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/san...l-will-be-held
18'-20' swell forecast
big and heavy
I can hear the swell they are waiting on pounding the cliff in Peahi below my house right now.
At night when the wind dies the sound rolls up the gulch a half-mile from where the stream goes into the ocean. Sounds like a 747 going back and forth mixed with low thunder.
They are on their way to Mavericks now.
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Originally Posted by daviski
Paging Iceman!
I'm seeing 23 seconds, but I heard 25. This could get interesting.
Lets get the info right.
Forerunners will be pushing the 28 second range today, but you won't be able to see those, as they will be tiny. Big enough to create some surges though. By tonight, energy will be showing at about 4' @ 23 seconds. Big enough to see, and some focal points will be going off, but not enough for Mavs.
The swell will peak at just under 10' @ 19 seconds. So, a 10' swell. Breaking waves at Mavs will be well over the 20 foot range, pushing into the 25' realm, with some bigger sets.
Most solid swell we have seen in years. Lots of west in it, which hits the reef pretty damn squarely. There will likely be carnage. Nice long period will add to the thickness. Only concern is the first signs of winter as a storm moves into the PNW providing us with a slight south flow.
Good luck to the gents competing. Stay safe out there.
9.8 at 10sec. showing green light
Saw that buoy reading on their site. :nonono2:
spectral has a peak 6.9@20 and cdip is 12@20, 290^
A 10 sec period does not even touch bottom (or break in other words) at Mavs.
12@20, OTOH, will break at about 20-25'
surfline is calling it 15-21'
super clean out there this morning. devil wind from yesterday has subsided. lucky for me, I can't get out till this evening. not sure i'll have enough time to drive up the coast 10 miles and defy death.
thanks for clarifying that...the 10sec was throwing me. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
the damn live cam isn't loading for me!! :mad:
Same here. Have you tried Red Bull's site?Quote:
Originally Posted by strawjack
Yea, was there but didn't see a feed.
edit - found it http://live.redbull.tv/events/374/ma...tational-2014/
This first round is taking a beating
yea, when I heard them say a board was tombstoning...that was just scary shit.
seeing some good rides now
round 1 heat 1 complete. waiting on results
amazing to watch this stuff
Mason would be charging that shit on his 5'8 mini driver:D
Rog
Went out for a morning surf came back and watched the replay. Some heavy, heavy wipeouts. Rough. Fun watch.
Equal opportunity for women to die same as the guys. Unfortunately, must cut into the already paltry prize pool.Quote:
Originally Posted by wyeaster
I know several women who charge up their regularly. Kind of stoked on this decision.
No one is in it for the prize money'.
Keala is going to kick some ass..island pride
I recall reading some complaints about the money in the past. One year, they weren't able to pay the winner right away which put him in a real bind because he had to borrow money to travel to get there and was flat broke. I think he was eventually paid, but it was spread out over a year or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
Here is the article I was thinking of. http://www.modernluxury.com/san-fran...ns-wave?page=4
Going off right now.
Cool view from the air of Kai...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BriIPVKH...=1usun205zrb3h
Surreal.
I rode my bike to the coast this morning because I wanted to see the big waves. Surfline said 20 feet at Tunitas Creek, which is the easiest place for me to bike to. It was cool, but it didn't look like Mavericks. I am a kook.
I've driven by ocean beach a few times during this surge and so far am underwhelmed by the sizeQuote:
Originally Posted by The Suit
^^^ Monday was solid. Swell dropped a lot by Tuesday. Sometimes these long period 18 plus second swells won’t stand up on a beach. Even one like OB. It takes a deep water reef to make these waves respond.
Where do you live that Tunitas is the closest spot on a bike? For some reason I thought The Suit was from a city.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Suit
Palo Alto. It's probably quicker to ride out 92 to Half Moon Bay, but traffic makes 92 much less pleasant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
And (assuming I understand what 'stand up' means in this context) you're exactly right -- the tops of the waves were just falling over in a bunch of whitewater, instead of the pretty barrels I was imagining. They were doing it pretty far off the beach, and it was cool to be able to identify the bigger sets from well offshore, but it was still a bit of a letdown relative to my expectations.
Can't complain about a beautiful bike ride before work, though.
I bet that ride is nice. Way more than me. I’d bike as far a from one of those barns in the valley there.
Oh are also pretty high on the cliffs above the beach there. Even when you are down on the bridge. It is hard to see things at scale unless there are people in the water. Or a boat at least nearby. I’ve surfed that beach before and it is always much bigger than it looks from the road. That is a pretty killer beach to walk btw.