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January 9, 2012 Photo: J. Chandler

Monday, March 17, 2008

StormSurf Rocks!

No...not THAT kind of storm surf...this kind, the wave forecasting website.

Mark Sponsler has assembled a formidable wave forecasting website replete with more tools and models than a laymen could ever hope for. Why guess if there is going to be surf, or when the waves will come up, when you can know with almost 100% assurance.

Mark nailed this just past "dual" swell, summing it up succinctly with the following paragraph: "This to make for essentially two different swells, one with longer period and low consistency generated from higher seas early in the storms life when it was 1600-2100 nmiles out, followed by a second swell with period in the 13-14 secs range generated when the system was weaker and 266-1417 nmiles out. Either way, only Hawaii to see real significant class energy, with exposed breaks in California seeing large advanced class swell at best."

The best place to start to get the best overall perspective is with the tutorials. But all the models and charts can be too much fun to resist.

Thanks Mark and crew for making surfing so much more fun!

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