On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Mark Perkins <marker_at_gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>wrote: > >> Can a 10-foot swell produce 20-foot surf? >> > > Not sure if this was a serious question, but I'll take the bait. > Yup... it was serious. > > Short answer is "yes". It depends primarily on the period of the swell and > also on the shape of the bottom converting the swell to surf. The longer the > period the higher the surf height / swell height ratio. > > I believe that when Mavericks (sorry to stray from So Cal to Nor Cal for a > moment) is going off, the surf height is often about double the swell > height. > > Thanks Mark. I was pretty sure that the type of bottom made a big difference but I had forgotten about the period. Not much surf here on Moses Lake.... or in Puget Sound for that matter. Craig *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jan 21 2010 - 13:54:01 PST
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