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Post by Taildragger on Jan 1, 2021 19:18:27 GMT -5
I've lived near the Pacific Ocean most of my life and have surfed since I was 11 or 12 years old. Body surfed, skim boarded and belly boarded before that.
I've seen some oddball, refracted wave action, most of which was either at the Newport Wedge or Sandspit in Santa Barbara, two spots that are known for this. But this pretty much tops 'em both as far as being "out of the ordinary":
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 1, 2021 19:23:06 GMT -5
Well...maybe it doesn't quite top Sandspit:
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 1, 2021 19:38:56 GMT -5
Backwash foils late drop (ouch!):
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 1, 2021 20:33:33 GMT -5
Don't underestimate me, suckah!
---Sincerely, The Wedge
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Post by jazzguy on Jan 1, 2021 20:35:14 GMT -5
Slow day at the TD residence?
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 1, 2021 21:01:22 GMT -5
Fascinating stuff!
In that first video that weird wave action appears to be caused by constructive interference, which is what makes light from the sun appear the way it does in the Double-slit Experiment.
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Post by roly on Jan 1, 2021 21:04:21 GMT -5
That's unusual.
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 1, 2021 22:21:35 GMT -5
Slow day at the TD residence? Sometimes this COVID "sheltering" makes me think back to my youth during the duck-and-cover 1950s, when I would occasionally daydream/wonder: "what would it be like to have to live in a fallout shelter"?
Not that we actually had one.
I mean...who needs a fallout shelter when you're totally safe curled up in a ball under your school desk?
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 1, 2021 23:56:30 GMT -5
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 3, 2021 17:38:35 GMT -5
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 16, 2021 22:55:22 GMT -5
Strange tidal phenom:
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 17, 2021 16:04:55 GMT -5
Keep in mind that when the offshore wind is this strong, in addition to needing skill, experience, judgement and courage, you need the ability to "ride blind" at times as the water droplets picked up off the wave face by the wind hit your face like a fire hose:
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Post by jhawkr on Jan 17, 2021 18:39:06 GMT -5
Dude! That’s some gnarly wave action!
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