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
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.