An awesome post by Melanie Seyer, the lead designer of the BBC Weather product within BBC Future Media, outlining the process and thinking behind their mid-November refresh.
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Has any surf event in history been buzzing this hard? The only thing anyone is talking about is how much destruction this swell will do. Shorelines are already eroded, and the Red Cross has officially set up a shelter. People are camped out around the bay right now. The buoys are beginning to march upwards, the only question is where will they peak, and how long will they linger there?
To give you an idea of where we stand, here’s a NOAA chart showing the significant wave height for Saturday’s 20 foot swell. Pretty significant. The forecast calls for even more significance. A twice in a lifetime experience perhaps.
The Wave Watch 3 models are showing some incoming action for Hawaii. Looking good for the Triple Crown of Surfing finish of the Reef Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa. Another good sized swell directly behind it should provide some Thanksgiving action for the North Shore.
Stay tuned to the Kauai Buoy (@buoy51001) to monitor how and when the swell starts to fill in.
I don’t know what it is about town swells, but they just can’t seem to live up to the hype. Seriously, we got skunked by Felicia. Even tried twice to dawn patrol, only to be completely and utterly disappointed. Wait, wasn’t there a children’s story about this…?
Ok, so tropical storm Lana was kinda lame, but at least this El Nino season is keeping things interesting.
Pretty much tells the tail. We’ll see how things work out early a.m., looking pretty organized though.
