Wayne wisecracked: > BTW, why do they call it the "Pacific" Ocean? That's simple. Because it is always so peaceful and gentle. It is a *placid* ocean. We never get the sort of monstrous waves that you get on your lake. Check out the following, which shows the pathetic little waves at a surfing spot in Northern California (my old neighborhood): http://www.mavsurfer.com/video/video.html (If you don't have video capability you can still enjoy the stills.) On a serious note, a kayaker got killed at this site earlier this year, on a day when it wasn't really going off. While Dave Kruger could probably have handled this stuff during his surfing days, it is probably a good thing that most of us are far too chicken to get anywhere near it. Q: When can you get waves with a "standard reporting height" of 50 feet without a hurricane? A: When you have the right reef! When those big old swells begin to feel the bottom they do some interesting things... Dan Hagen, in search of a perfectly formed 3-4 foot wave. (That's "3-to-4", *not* 34...) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 27 1998 - 22:13:26 PDT
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