about the same size as the camera mounting!!

To help you out Kristi is 5'5

Interested to see the answers on this one as its always a point of discussion.

Thats why we use waist, chest, head, over head etc.

Phill

looks like a fun 3-4ft day to me if it was this size consistantly

supbelly said...

THis is something that spins me out also.. How do you get the 3 to 4 foot measurement?? And if a wave is head height and you are 6ft is it a 6ft wave??..
Can any one clarify this for me.. Ive head people say it goes on back face but how does that even work??? We used to surf a wave when i bodyboarding (before i saw the light) that had almost no back face but would be over 6ft front face because is was sucking so hard.. Sure trips me out

Belly

3ft is the Hawawian mesurment and they use the back of the wave, stupid I know.
Its like using the term waterman to decribe yourself

doggie said...

supbelly said...

THis is something that spins me out also.. How do you get the 3 to 4 foot measurement?? And if a wave is head height and you are 6ft is it a 6ft wave??..
Can any one clarify this for me.. Ive head people say it goes on back face but how does that even work??? We used to surf a wave when i bodyboarding (before i saw the light) that had almost no back face but would be over 6ft front face because is was sucking so hard.. Sure trips me out

Belly

3ft is the Hawawian mesurment and they use the back of the wave, stupid I know.
Its like using the term waterman to decribe yourself

I though Hawaiians used the wave amplitude for wave measurement? Not sure how you measure the back of a wave.....

My guess a little over 6' one the face so around head high for me at 6'5" - perfect surf conditions

cRAZY Canuk said...

doggie said...

supbelly said...

THis is something that spins me out also.. How do you get the 3 to 4 foot measurement?? And if a wave is head height and you are 6ft is it a 6ft wave??..
Can any one clarify this for me.. Ive head people say it goes on back face but how does that even work??? We used to surf a wave when i bodyboarding (before i saw the light) that had almost no back face but would be over 6ft front face because is was sucking so hard.. Sure trips me out

Belly

3ft is the Hawawian mesurment and they use the back of the wave, stupid I know.
Its like using the term waterman to decribe yourself

I though Hawaiians used the wave amplitude for wave measurement? Not sure how you measure the back of a wave.....

My guess a little over 6' one the face so around head high for me at 6'5" - perfect surf conditions

I havnt heard of that type of measurment, how does it work?
I agree perfect surf, maybe a touch bigger..

Legion said...

2-3' depending. Can't really tell if the light shadow is making the wave appear bigger than it is, can't really tell from the angle either where the bottom of the face is. At any rate, no way I'd be calling that 4'.

Yea but its a 6ft face tho, dont ya recon??

doggie said...

cRAZY Canuk said...

doggie said...

supbelly said...

THis is something that spins me out also.. How do you get the 3 to 4 foot measurement?? And if a wave is head height and you are 6ft is it a 6ft wave??..
Can any one clarify this for me.. Ive head people say it goes on back face but how does that even work??? We used to surf a wave when i bodyboarding (before i saw the light) that had almost no back face but would be over 6ft front face because is was sucking so hard.. Sure trips me out

Belly

3ft is the Hawawian mesurment and they use the back of the wave, stupid I know.
Its like using the term waterman to decribe yourself

I though Hawaiians used the wave amplitude for wave measurement? Not sure how you measure the back of a wave.....

My guess a little over 6' one the face so around head high for me at 6'5" - perfect surf conditions

I havnt heard of that type of measurment, how does it work?
I agree perfect surf, maybe a touch bigger..

Amplitude is half the wave high - where is wave height is the depth from trough to top amplitude is the distance from where the "flat water level" to the top of the wave.

doggie said...

cRAZY Canuk said...

doggie said...

cRAZY Canuk said...

doggie said...

supbelly said...

THis is something that spins me out also.. How do you get the 3 to 4 foot measurement?? And if a wave is head height and you are 6ft is it a 6ft wave??..
Can any one clarify this for me.. Ive head people say it goes on back face but how does that even work??? We used to surf a wave when i bodyboarding (before i saw the light) that had almost no back face but would be over 6ft front face because is was sucking so hard.. Sure trips me out

Belly

3ft is the Hawawian mesurment and they use the back of the wave, stupid I know.
Its like using the term waterman to decribe yourself

I though Hawaiians used the wave amplitude for wave measurement? Not sure how you measure the back of a wave.....

My guess a little over 6' one the face so around head high for me at 6'5" - perfect surf conditions

I havnt heard of that type of measurment, how does it work?
I agree perfect surf, maybe a touch bigger..

Amplitude is half the wave high - where is wave height is the depth from trough to top amplitude is the distance from where the "flat water level" to the top of the wave.

Never seen it called like that, so now there is three ways you can do it, bloody confusing if you ask me

I thought they were more interested in intervals.

These discussions are always a crack up.

Its nose high.

Did you know the guys who do the surf reports in the mornings like on swellnet and coastwatch paddle out just before first light so they can accurately measure the height of the wave from behind. They learnt that from the guys in Hawaii.

Phil I reckon the knee high, waist high head high is the way to go to stop the crap of measuring in feet. Just don't convert the height of the various body parts to Imperial measurements or you will get laughed at.

Looks like good waves all weekend. Good luck to those in the Vic Titles but don't quote the wave height!

Legion said...

^ Amplitude is the same as what I was talking about, i.e. the Hawaiian system:




Number (1) in the image.

<edit>Whoops, didn't like the image much. Go to:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplitude

and look at the peak amplitude measurement</edit>

Now keep the amplitude constant and increase the interval and see how much more area is under the line per wave.

This is why waves from far distances with longer intervals have far greater power. Interval also greatly affects the speed in which waves travel.

Lets get scientific:

If you study waves, you will find that wavelength and frequency are related by an equation.

Speed of the wave = Frequency x Wavelength

Therefore, what you can see is that when the waves have greater intervals they also travel at far greater speeds. This is why islands such as Hawaii, Fiji etc with very short or nil continental shelf to slow waves down combined with very long interval swells from great distances away get very big waves.

Any more questions?

I call it double overhead... if you're a hobbit..

DJ

3 foot
Stop discussing it!
It' bloody 3 foot.[}:)]
Kristy tell em how big it was.

5 foot face max. Great shot.

Aloha

Easier other photos:


2'


Maybe 1' once it turns from a swell into a wave.


2-3'. For me to say 3' I want it to be clearly (at least marginally) above the person's head. Too big to say 2', and 2 1/2' doesn't exist so 2-3' it is.

I'll say "it's a solid x foot" when the waves are between x and x 1/2 feet.

And I'll use "it's x-y foot" if x == y - 0.5.