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  1. Jan 16, 2013, 05:25 AM #1
    34thStreetSurfing
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    Book Suggestions

    Hey all.
    Pretty bored during an extended winter break I'm having. Just got back from puerto rico last week and it was an awesome time. First surf trip and I can easily say that I will most definitely make it back to Rincon next winter. Thanks to everyone who shared some advice. Surfing down there made me question my surfing knowledge. For instance, one day I checked marias and it was literally ankle slappers and SUPers. Drive down the road a little bit and wham, its waist to chest and people are ripping.

    What it all boils down to is I think I need to learn more about how beach, swell, and wind direction affect ? effect? surf conditions. I'd like to know if anyone has any good book recommendations about I guess forecasting? As much as I love swellinfo, I have no idea how to read the bouys or what anything means except for big green man means surf and little red man means get more hammered than you already are.

    So.... Book suggestions on this kind of stuff?
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  2. Jan 16, 2013, 11:43 AM #2
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    Go to your nearest university's library and get every book on Oceanography you can get your hands on... That should get you started.

    Oceanography is the basic science (actually not basic at all) that encompasses pretty much everything having to do with the ocean.
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  3. Jan 16, 2013, 02:48 PM #3
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    Physical Oceanography Primer

    Quote Originally Posted by 34thStreetSurfing View Post
    So.... Book suggestions on this kind of stuff?
    This FREE online text is used as a primer for many Oceanography Graduate Programs...
    It should be all you need to get started and then decide whether or not to continue into the depths of oceanic knowledge!

    http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources.../contents.html

    Enjoy!
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  4. Jan 16, 2013, 02:50 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by PhiloSurfer View Post
    This FREE online text is used as a primer for many Oceanography Graduate Programs...
    It should be all you need to get started and then decide whether or not to continue into the depths of oceanic knowledge!

    http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources.../contents.html

    Enjoy!
    TAMU WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! Gig 'Em!
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