They do. Because that is the definition of wave height... whether it is the wave motion across the surface of the water, electromagnetic such as light waves, radio waves or whether it is sound waves. I don't have any idea how the weatherman got confused on the issue, perhaps something he may have remembered from calculating wave energies as a consequence of wave interations. One of the problems for the kayaker is that waves don't just come from one direction... waves, even from the same direction vary in heigt, speed and energy. It's often a mix of recent wind driven waves plus swell from dissapting waves. The bouy however, doesn't know this. It can only measure vertical movement. Robert >I would like to know if NOAA gives wave height from trough to crest >or sea surface to crest in readings from the buoys. I'll see what >I can find out. *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Aug 29 1998 - 11:28:54 PDT
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