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To all big wave surfers in Europe..

Postby peazz » Sun Jan 05, 2014 1:33 am

I think the following link would be of interest to you... they are predicting 28ft @ 21seconds :O

http://magicseaweed.com/news/Atlantic-Code-Red-Incoming/5954/

Mullaghmore Head will be turning inside out at 19ft @ 20 seconds

Sennen in the UK is forecast to be 28ft @ 21 seconds

Belharra in France promises 16ft @ 19 seconds

Nazare is looking at 29ft @ 21 seconds

Anchor Point further south promises at 16ft @ 19 seconds.
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Re: To all big wave surfers in Europe..

Postby CARBr6 » Mon Jan 06, 2014 4:07 pm

Unfortunately Andy it's not really that rideable!!
http://www.seathisworld.com/spring-tide ... -polzeath/

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Re: To all big wave surfers in Europe..

Postby peazz » Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:45 pm

Im sure the locals down there will know some secret reefs with some wind protection down there no?
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Re: To all big wave surfers in Europe..

Postby PommeDownUnder » Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:03 pm

Swell that size I think theres likely a few place that people havnt considered before that will be breaking now going to be some absolute monsters. At the same time though gonna be a hell of a clean up lotta damge caused. Reckon most will head a bit further south like europe cant imagine any of the beach breaks are gonna hold swell that size.
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Re: To all big wave surfers in Europe..

Postby drowningbitbybit » Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:22 am

The irony of being on the Gold Coast during a flat spell watching 30ft swells hit my old UK breaks :bang:
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Re: To all big wave surfers in Europe..

Postby peazz » Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:01 am

Is it flat up in Currumbin dude? Bondi has had some banging swell over the past week, Will say today is a blown out junky mess thou :(
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Re: To all big wave surfers in Europe..

Postby drowningbitbybit » Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:17 am

peazz wrote:Is it flat up in Currumbin dude?

Almost... there's been some little 1ft waves for everyone (and I mean everyone) to play on, but nothing to speak of :(

Some southerly swell should be hitting later today though which should rock off the point quite nicely :D
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Re: To all big wave surfers in Europe..

Postby CARBr6 » Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:42 am

It's been awful here over the last 2 weeks. Massive swell but all carried in by gale force onshore winds. I read about two surfers who got swept away. One body recovered the other was so bad even the lifeboat couldn't go out to search for him. Sad times.
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Re: To all big wave surfers in Europe..

Postby peazz » Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:18 am

Those pictures are crazy!
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Re: To all big wave surfers in Europe..

Postby greg2935 » Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:59 pm

Guess I don't understand surf forecasting but I was expecting good waves between windy periods: it was mainly just a mess and as far as I'm concerned, not ridable. Looking forward to a very much nicer set of waves as things calm down. Has anyone else noticed that magic seaweed long range forecast seems to be overly optimistic?
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Re: To all big wave surfers in Europe..

Postby drowningbitbybit » Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:31 pm

greg2935 wrote:Guess I don't understand surf forecasting but I was expecting good waves between windy periods: it was mainly just a mess and as far as I'm concerned, not ridable.

It needs a little while to settle down, both in terms of time and distance - the big low pressure is very close to the UK, so the waves haven't got time to clean up as they travel (ideally you'd want a low like that to be down near the caribbean coast), and the ocean is still bumpy and a confused mess which needs to "settle down" for a bit.
Ideally you also want a high pressure system above the UK to flatten out the ripples... and to make it a nice day too :lol:

greg2935 wrote:Has anyone else noticed that magic seaweed long range forecast seems to be overly optimistic?

I think you're right, and their models are set to look for good swells and so, with a little bit of long-range inaccuracy, finds stuff that isn't there.
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Re: To all big wave surfers in Europe..

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Re: To all big wave surfers in Europe..

Postby CARBr6 » Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:56 pm

The main thing that washed it all out is the gale force onshore winds
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