re: [Paddlewise] Foam Zone

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:24:07 -0500
From: Mike Dziobak <mdziobak_at_mtu.edu>
Subject: re: [Paddlewise] Foam Zone

<Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:15:15 -0800
<From: "Doug Lloyd" <dalloyd_at_telus.net>
<Subject: [Paddlewise] Foam Zone
< ......early October, when we had the intense 940 Millibar low. He was at
<Tofino. An 18 meter swell was running that afternoon, with winds over 90
<knots further up island......

I wish I could have been there to see that! Was that 18 meters recorded at
a buoy or was it an observation from one of the lighthouses?


Mike, et al:
That was what my friend said the buoys were reading. I didn't get
confirmation of my own. The individual in question isn't know to exaggerate
(a huge problem/issue in the paddling community, listservers, etc. - I know,
as I follow-up on stories for Sea Kayaker Magazine, so have to check out
details and confirm observations, etc). I was simply reporting what he said.
I well imagine the swell was high. I had a friend out that way a week or two
ago, he said there was a lot of new debris registering rather high up,
crammed into in various crevices and cracks.
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