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12-13-2014, 11:32 AM
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A question regarding swell.
When swell is measured for height how is it measured???
For example, a 4 foot swell. Would it be 4 ft measured from the median line? (where the water would be with zero swell) Or is a 4 ft swell measured from the bottom of the swell up to the top of it??? Mike
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12-13-2014, 11:49 AM
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I was going to guess and say it was the average water line, like your first guess. But I looked it up and I was wrong. Swell is just a word for open water wave height, and it is all measured peak to trough
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12-13-2014, 01:03 PM
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How it it measured? Seriously? No, seriously? C'mon man, really? Its measured with one of these 
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12-13-2014, 01:04 PM
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The buoys record the data as the swells rise, so does the buoy. That being said, the buoys are usually offshore and almost all beaches take a certain swell in a certain way.
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12-13-2014, 01:12 PM
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Thanks Brandon...
That explains it. 
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12-13-2014, 01:19 PM
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Thanks Jorge for the swell reply.
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12-13-2014, 01:21 PM
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