Re: [Paddlewise] Rolling Under Breakers

From: <KiAyker_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 20:32:43 EST
<< How do you judge whether there's sufficient depth to accommodate your 
torso? >>

   Waves will generally break in water in which the depth is one and one half 
times the height of the wave. That is to say a four foot wave will generally 
break in six feet of water.  So determining that there is enough depth to 
accommodate your torso is not all that difficult. Determining that there are 
not any big rocks hiding under the surface is another matter.

Scott
So.Cal.

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