This 2 feet at 15 seconds off the block island buoy= basically knee high/flat depending on spot. In my limited experience, you need at least 3 feet on the buoy to have something ride-able on a non-longboard, regardless of period on the the east coast. Hopefully, it builds for later.
low tide will help around 4pm...but rite now, thu swell iz just startin' tuh show on 44017...very minor. could build in very fast over thu next few hourz...otherwize it'll build in overnite...
it's building sequentially thu last couple hourz... Detailed Wave Summary for 44017 as of (10:00 am EDT) 1400 GMT on 08/28/2010: These wave data are displayed in rounded times. Unit of Measure: Time Zone: Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation. Significant Wave Height (WVHT): 2.6 ft Swell Height (SwH): 2.3 ft Swell Period (SwP): 13.8 sec Wind Wave Height (WWH): 1.3 ft Wind Wave Period (WWP): 4.3 sec Wave Steepness (STEEPNESS): SWELL Average Wave Period (APD): 5.2 sec Previous observations 08 28 9:00 am 2.6 2.0 14.8 N/A 1.6 3.1 N/A N/A 4.8 08 28 8:00 am 2.3 2.0 13.8 N/A 1.3 2.7 N/A N/A 4.8 08 28 7:00 am 2.3 2.0 13.8 N/A 1.0 3.0 N/A N/A 5.2 08 28 6:00 am 2.0 1.6 13.8 N/A 1.0 2.7 N/A N/A 4.3
44008 haz jumped sequentially in thu last couple hourz...44008 iz an early indicator to 44017... Detailed Wave Summary for 44008 as of (10:00 am EDT) 1400 GMT on 08/28/2010: These wave data are displayed in rounded times. Unit of Measure: Time Zone: Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation. Significant Wave Height (WVHT): 3.9 ft Swell Height (SwH): 3.3 ft Swell Period (SwP): 12.9 sec Swell Direction (SwD): ESE Wind Wave Height (WWH): 2.3 ft Wind Wave Period (WWP): 3.6 sec Wind Wave Direction (WWD): N Wave Steepness (STEEPNESS): SWELL Average Wave Period (APD): 5.9 sec Previous observations MM DD TIME (EDT) WVHT ft SwH ft SwP sec SwD WWH ft WWP sec WWD STEEPNESS APD sec 08 28 9:00 am 3.3 3.0 14.8 SE 2.0 4.5 W SWELL 5.9 08 28 8:00 am 3.3 2.6 13.8 ESE 1.6 4.2 WSW SWELL 6.6
Swell info needs to fix it's swell chart. It has 2.3 feet at 15 seconds showing up as solid chest high. That's simply not true on the east coast. This isn't hawaii where the long real long period swell can jack up 3 times it's size once it hit's those reefs from deep ocean. There's a shelf on the east coast.
KMAN, thank you for toning down your short hand writing! Good thoughts on your post. Hope we all get some great surf before the weekend is out.
Farther east you go the bigger you get because your getting closer to the hurricane center. Your right though if this thing was heading closer to us instead of swinging east then it would be an early indicator.
omg Waves are waves. its not the wave that makes a good ride. its the surfer knee high or 25ft+ it all depends on the surfer. btw if you found a good spot this evening id bet on it 2marrow Saw some nice waves today with clean conditions who noticed the sick backwash in LB today going into low
