Barbados, Soup Bowl, Parlors -- what to expect?
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:39 amHey all,
my wife and me are headed to Bathsheba in Barbados, and are wondering what to expect. We normally
surf beachbreaks around Hossegor / Seignosse (Estagnots, Bourdaines up to head-high, softer waves
such as La Sud when it gets bigger).
Since forecast swell sizes are often very difficult to translate into actual wave height / punchyness depending
on the spot (e.g. a 1.6m swell forecast in Estagnots can yield well-overhead wave faces, and be on the verge of
too punchy for me, the same swell at a more gentle place can be borderline boring), we are trying to figure out
what to expect at Soup Bowl & Parlors. Does anyone know roughly what face height / punchyness level 1.5m
of swell at 9s will translate to? Does anyone have photos of either of those spots with the associated incoming
swell size for the day of the photo?
Cheers,
Thomas
my wife and me are headed to Bathsheba in Barbados, and are wondering what to expect. We normally
surf beachbreaks around Hossegor / Seignosse (Estagnots, Bourdaines up to head-high, softer waves
such as La Sud when it gets bigger).
Since forecast swell sizes are often very difficult to translate into actual wave height / punchyness depending
on the spot (e.g. a 1.6m swell forecast in Estagnots can yield well-overhead wave faces, and be on the verge of
too punchy for me, the same swell at a more gentle place can be borderline boring), we are trying to figure out
what to expect at Soup Bowl & Parlors. Does anyone know roughly what face height / punchyness level 1.5m
of swell at 9s will translate to? Does anyone have photos of either of those spots with the associated incoming
swell size for the day of the photo?
Cheers,
Thomas
