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Has msw gone mad or is there alot of swell coming

Postby Kabazz » Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:09 pm

It's predicting huuuge waves for the SW on next saturday

Newquay: 24ft @ 16secs wave height 13 ft
Croyde: 23ft @ 16 secs
Bournemouth: 16ft @ 16 secs

MSW usualy over estimates but it's by quite alot this time, is there some monster swell heading our way?
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Postby essex sucks » Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:32 pm

there is a big sweel coming as far as i can see with a good priod it will not be as mad as what msw is saying but will be good if u can find a way out of the on shore wind but that may change by sat i know where i am going :D :D :D
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Postby PapaW » Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:10 pm

Thats nothing... we're looking at 40ft over here :D:D:D:D:D

like Mark says it'll calm down but Ireland's going to be taking a bashing whatever happens!
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Postby long_man » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:19 pm

PapaW wrote:Thats nothing... we're looking at 40ft over here :D:D:D:D:D

like Mark says it'll calm down but Ireland's going to be taking a bashing whatever happens!


......and you'll be there to welcome it :thumbs:
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Postby hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:19 pm

PapaW wrote:Thats nothing... we're looking at 40ft over here :D:D:D:D:D

like Mark says it'll calm down but Ireland's going to be taking a bashing whatever happens!


i dont know what everyone is thinking, hawaiis surfing sucks! go to england!
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Postby long_man » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:23 pm

hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf wrote:
PapaW wrote:Thats nothing... we're looking at 40ft over here :D:D:D:D:D

like Mark says it'll calm down but Ireland's going to be taking a bashing whatever happens!


i dont know what everyone is thinking, hawaiis surfing sucks! go to england!


see now i think you've been smoking toooo much crack sunny..... :shock:
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Postby O_Danny_Boy » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:26 pm

PapaW wrote:Thats nothing... we're looking at 40ft over here :D:D:D:D:D

like Mark says it'll calm down but Ireland's going to be taking a bashing whatever happens!


yeah man 40 foot in brandon

blowing a gale tho
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Postby mrc » Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:05 pm

theres a spot just se of cork which should be firing big time
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Postby MrJoe » Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:38 pm

Isn't there also crazy 20mph onshore winds to turn it into a huge pile of mush? :(
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Postby northswell » Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:52 pm

feck the Sw boring place lol.

Wherre to head next cuple of days?
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Postby PapaW » Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:06 pm

O_Danny_Boy wrote:
PapaW wrote:Thats nothing... we're looking at 40ft over here :D:D:D:D:D

like Mark says it'll calm down but Ireland's going to be taking a bashing whatever happens!


yeah man 40 foot in brandon

blowing a gale tho



ah ye of lacking map knowledge ;)
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Postby MrJoe » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:30 am

MSW is saying the winds are going to be alot calmer on the sunday :) I'm just glad the month'o'no waves is over!
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Postby O_Danny_Boy » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:35 am

mrc wrote:theres a spot just se of cork which should be firing big time


i hear ya dude, time to pump over some dry reef!!
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Postby O_Danny_Boy » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:36 am

PapaW wrote:
O_Danny_Boy wrote:
PapaW wrote:Thats nothing... we're looking at 40ft over here :D:D:D:D:D

like Mark says it'll calm down but Ireland's going to be taking a bashing whatever happens!


yeah man 40 foot in brandon

blowing a gale tho



ah ye of lacking map knowledge ;)


itll be onshore in some places but offshore in others, trust me even tho itll be offshore in xxxxxxxx itll still be blown out and riddled with windsurfers and kitesurfers
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Postby southcoaster » Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:11 pm

mate thats nothing!! 60 foot in the witterings, the whole village is starting to be evacuated the villagers are going mad in a panic

see - www.bbc.co.uk/news/sussex/witteringsevacuate/bull
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Postby Kabazz » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:09 pm

southcoaster wrote:mate thats nothing!! 60 foot in the witterings, the whole village is starting to be evacuated the villagers are going mad in a panic

see - www.bbc.co.uk/news/sussex/witteringsevacuate

What?
404 - Page Not Found + there's obviously not 60 foot waves
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Postby Stone Fox » Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:51 pm

I don't know what's worse! I've been dying for a surf for weeks, there've been no waves, and now there are they're probably too big for me to be playing with... :(

Oh well, when it's time to go, it's time to go! :)

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Postby MrJoe » Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:13 am

Stone Fox wrote:I don't know what's worse! I've been dying for a surf for weeks, there've been no waves, and now there are they're probably too big for me to be playing with... :(


lol i was thinking the same thing :) It's bloody typical isn't it!
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Postby alimac2411 » Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:35 am

last week MSW had our west coast down for 4 star 20foot for sunday, light winds too so was promising, checked it out and was an unsurfable white mess that would have offered no enjoyment to anyone!
Our East coast was superb though, about 10foot and peeling the way the waves are meant to peel, MSW doesn't give forecasts for our east coast though!
Moral of the story, MSW can predict a swell alright, but as for the quality, can be pretty inaccurate, although if they give a period of 13secs plus then there's a pretty decent chance it'll be good!
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Postby Phil » Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:44 pm

the quality of MSW predictions comes down to local knowlege and you do have to take the forcast with a pinch of salt some times, it often does get the wind wrong
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