Re: [Paddlewise] Wierd Shoals or Beating Dumpy

From: Brian Curtiss <bc_at_asdi.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:09:15 -0600
We had similar conditions last summer just off the point of Cape  
Lookout in North Carolina.  The water shoals near the point, so any  
swell results in a line of breakers to the south of the point.  That  
day, swell from the east and south west combined for, what we called,  
"zipper waves."  You'd get launched into the air if you happen to be  
under the point of collision of two approaching waves.

Brian

On Jun 16, 2008, at 2:01 PM, Steve Holtzman wrote:
> Has anybody else ever been in ocean conditions where waves were  
> breaking on
> you from two directions at once?
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