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jethro2
jethro2
QLD
69 posts
QLD, 69 posts
7 Nov 2008 10:34am
This was on page 3 of todays Australian newspaper. WOW how can anyone survive a hammering like that??

Geoff

DavidJohn
DavidJohn
VIC
17570 posts
VIC, 17570 posts
7 Nov 2008 11:40am
Wow!.. That's a lot of water..

It'd be like someone dropping an Olympic size swimming pool of water on your head.

DJ
champcrow
champcrow
SA
804 posts
SA, 804 posts
7 Nov 2008 11:32am
That is a very thick body of water
Tux
Tux
VIC
3829 posts
Tux Tux
VIC, 3829 posts
7 Nov 2008 12:31pm
Ouch....you would just hope you get washed across the reef and into some deep water pretty smartly
Brooko
Brooko
1672 posts
1672 posts
7 Nov 2008 1:25pm
Thats really shallow there at cyclops (take note of the size call)
oliver
oliver
3952 posts
3952 posts
7 Nov 2008 1:42pm
Just found a link to the story:

www.perthnow.com.au/

and the gallery:

www.news.com.au/perthnow/large-gallery/0,25537,5035614-5013959,00.html
Casso
Casso
NSW
3785 posts
NSW, 3785 posts
7 Nov 2008 4:25pm
Brooko said...
take note of the size call

Yeah - 4 metres - 12 foot - that'd be Hawaiian scale.
uk
uk
198 posts
uk uk
198 posts
7 Nov 2008 4:16pm
"41 foot" thats some really accurate guessing
hilly
hilly
WA
8120 posts
WA, 8120 posts
7 Nov 2008 4:33pm
From the back I would say 1 ft as there is no back.
theDoctor
theDoctor
NSW
5786 posts
NSW, 5786 posts
7 Nov 2008 7:32pm
all of a sudden i feel a bit gay for piking out 12ft padang...
dism
dism
NSW
660 posts
NSW, 660 posts
7 Nov 2008 8:20pm
Its like one of those 'heavy for their size' shoreys, but Hawaiian style!

It probably is only 4m (because it has no back as hilly said), but that is a bit of a false scale for this wave isn't it (being so sucky and that) look at the ravine at the bottom of the wave, way below sea level!

oliver
oliver
3952 posts
3952 posts
7 Nov 2008 8:03pm
It's a very weird looking wave - so much volume. Definitely a Laird size. The face of it is around 41' - it's got to be around 7 times the size of the rider. I'd die for sure being caught up in that.

Brooko, I thought it was at a "secret location" how come you know more about it than anyone else does - Where is Cyclops?
sparki
sparki
WA
410 posts
WA, 410 posts
7 Nov 2008 8:59pm
The subtitle of the main picture says 'somewhere in between margaret river and south australia'. I'm pretty sure cyclops is another shelf break way up in the north west.
Brooko
Brooko
1672 posts
1672 posts
7 Nov 2008 9:04pm
Cyclops is off the coast of Esperance wa, It is way out to see and just has a grid reference on a gps, It was found about 5yrs ago by local crayfisherman, I have never surfed it but a few of my mates have, It is square
boardbumps
boardbumps
NSW
698 posts
NSW, 698 posts
8 Nov 2008 11:10am
It's not so much a wave as the whole ocean moving, more like the surges you get in WA when it's flat.
Your standing on a limestone shelf with caverns underneath ready to go diving, about 4ft above the water surface and suddenly the whole ocean surges onto the shelf and its 1mtr deep with water and your on your arse trying not to get dragged out with the backwash.

Never been to cyclops tho.

Rod
Brooko
Brooko
1672 posts
1672 posts
8 Nov 2008 8:30pm
Talking about surges We were out surfing around the back of hamelin bay when the tsanumi hit, seen some reef stick out of the water we had never seen before, it got real rippy and crazy
DavidJohn
DavidJohn
VIC
17570 posts
VIC, 17570 posts
19 Nov 2008 10:17am
A few more amazing pics of that West Oz wave.. ..How much does that last pic look like the Wave Rock..

DJ





Brooko
Brooko
1672 posts
1672 posts
19 Nov 2008 10:59am
Great pics dj...what a muntant beast
Toadwhispera
Toadwhispera
QLD
223 posts
QLD, 223 posts
19 Nov 2008 1:28pm

I think but not sure that Kerby Brown is from Coolangatta on the Goldie!! go figure, Thin lips and sand bottom
Brooko
Brooko
1672 posts
1672 posts
19 Nov 2008 2:53pm
Nah kerby & courtney brown are from wa up near Kalbarri
Toadwhispera
Toadwhispera
QLD
223 posts
QLD, 223 posts
19 Nov 2008 5:16pm
Brooko said...

Nah kerby & courtney brown are from wa up near Kalbarri


oops got my wires crossed there
Toadwhispera
Toadwhispera
QLD
223 posts
QLD, 223 posts
19 Nov 2008 5:41pm

Hows this one !

Just before he drops in looks like he's "super Imposed" awesome footage.







DavidJohn
DavidJohn
VIC
17570 posts
VIC, 17570 posts
19 Nov 2008 6:53pm
I think that scene is from the Billabong Odyssey movie.

Shame he falls at the end of that clip but trying to outrun whitewater will never work.

Unless you have a paddle..

DJ
Brooko
Brooko
1672 posts
1672 posts
19 Nov 2008 6:11pm
Good footage right there toad
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