New "per surf spot" swell calculator
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Nathan
Jul 28, 2009, 1:32:38 PM7/28/09
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I've extended the swell calculator at wavecast.com to include face
height estimates for a number of surf spots in SoCal.
You can access the calculator at wavecast.com by clicking on the
"Swell Calculator" link in the left hand menu.
You can also see an example by following this link, which shows the
initial estimates for the recent Cook Island swell that came in this
past Friday/Saturday:
http://wavecast.com/cgi-bin/distance_new.pl?dlat=22&ns=1&dlon=160&ew=1&dlat2=33&sn=0&dlon2=118&we=1&period=18&sw_height=35&ang_decay=5
The calculator uses the same formulas used in the "Wave Report" page
on wavecast.com, taking into account the angle, refraction, an
shoaling estimates for each individual break to derive estimates on
how each break will respond to a particular swell.
-Nathan
height estimates for a number of surf spots in SoCal.
You can access the calculator at wavecast.com by clicking on the
"Swell Calculator" link in the left hand menu.
You can also see an example by following this link, which shows the
initial estimates for the recent Cook Island swell that came in this
past Friday/Saturday:
http://wavecast.com/cgi-bin/distance_new.pl?dlat=22&ns=1&dlon=160&ew=1&dlat2=33&sn=0&dlon2=118&we=1&period=18&sw_height=35&ang_decay=5
The calculator uses the same formulas used in the "Wave Report" page
on wavecast.com, taking into account the angle, refraction, an
shoaling estimates for each individual break to derive estimates on
how each break will respond to a particular swell.
-Nathan
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