Report for all of you that turned around at the launch today!

[fishinfreak]

NOAA forecasts always seem to make the swell less than it truly is. on monday NOAA said swell like 3-5 feet, but when i was surfing blacks monday morning it was well overhead with sets to 10 foot. (i was happy about this though, because it translated into a couple of really nice barrels for me!) i guess the only way to truly know the surf is to go look at it yourself!

[Iceman]

There are some signs that reason may win the day though, or more to the point litigation. The fear that someone will sue a forecaster for calling a 10 foot wave 5 foot has prompted the National Weather Service in Honolulu and much of the Hawaiian media to start using face size in their reports.

Right beach would have 10 foot face sets with 3-5 foot swell

I'll take long period big surf over short interval thump any day!

[-scallywag-]

WOW !!!!.

10ft barrels at the launch?

Pretty hardcore!!

[Dan]

Originally Posted by -scallywag-

WOW !!!!.

10ft barrels at the launch?

Pretty hardcore!!

eddie would go

[Regor]

Originally Posted by fishinfreak

,,,, but when i was surfing blacks monday morning it was well overhead with sets to 10 foot.

Originally Posted by -scallywag-

WOW !!!!
10ft barrels at the launch?Pretty hardcore!!

Note ... 10' at Blacks, not LJ Cove, it is more protected at the launch.