> As I got closer to the area that ran between the two islands, the water > changed very noticably. Previously, the wind waves were consistantly > blowing from left to right (land out to sea), but in a section that > covered about 40 yards in all directions, and within maybe 10 yards of the > sudden change in depth, the water was MUCH rougher, and was moving in > every imaginalble direction. Not knowing for sure, but it sounds like typical wave dynamics, constructive and destructive interference from several different wave patterns moving into one area, their magnitude enhanced by the area of shallow water. Richard Walker Conroe, TX http://people.txucom.net/~rwwamtek/kayak_log.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 12 2001 - 10:33:33 PST
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