Scott said: > I believe that's called "clapotis." A great example of this is between > the islands of Anacapa. The waves will actually refract around the > small > islets This wasn't clapotis. I've been in the calpotis between the islands of Anacapa and I've also played in the reflecting waves and resulting clapotis off of sea walls. Clapotis results when two wave crests come together to form a pyramid shaped wave that basically just jumps straight up. This was two *breaking* waves with a pile of whitewater in front of each. At first I was side surfing to my right, then a while still riding that wave, another wave pushing a pile of whitewater in front of it, was breaking on my right side which forced me to actually start side surfing to my left. Whatever it was called, it was exciting and fun. Steve Holtzman __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3192 (20080616) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 16 2008 - 19:15:14 PDT
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