That's... that's pretty big. Any more pics?

Sweet that wave out the back is a bomb

pweedas said...

It looks f. f. f. freezing!
I'm getting cold just looking at the picture.
What is it? 5 degrease multigrade?

That's a neat trick.. telling the water temperature just from a photo! Synthetic or mineral multigrade?

It's not too bad yet - there are still guys out in short sleeved wetties, and it's nowhere near icecream headache territory.

I'm not sure if there's much of a channel when it's that big, but there's usually a bit of a gap between that break and the smaller one slightly downwind. The biggest problem is that it's x-off, and relatively sheltered on the inside where it's shallow and rocky with a persistent cross current, and still cops chest high white water.

I wouldn't say it was 'easy'! Once out past the headland, the guys usually tear off up wind well out the back, come in upwind, and line up for a massive DTL ride right through and out the end of the break, to head out again through the gap, or just straight over the smaller break.

I'm not good enough with my jibes to risk the piledriving when it's that big!

So..surfs up then...haha :D

Can't wait to get good enough to wave sail

Is wave sailing in the conditions above safer/easier then surfing it (not that i'd hit surf that big)?
And what about for normal 3-4ft beach/point breaks?

555 said...

pweedas said...

It looks f. f. f. freezing!
I'm getting cold just looking at the picture.
What is it? 5 degrease multigrade?

That's a neat trick.. telling the water temperature just from a photo! Synthetic or mineral multigrade?

It's not too bad yet - there are still guys out in short sleeved wetties, and it's nowhere near icecream headache territory.

Yeah it is a neat trick and can be achieved using an instrument called an Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner or OCTS. An OCTS is a highly sensitive optical radiometer which can measure the visible and near-infrared bands, taking advantage of the spectral reflectance of the disolved substances in the water and phytoplankton. This allows ocean surface temperature to be accurately measured in 4 thermal infrared bands.

Pweedas is pretty much a 'human OCTS' in much the same way that some 'Autistic Savants' (sometimes called 'idiot savants') are 'human calculators'.

one of the very nice photo's i've seen in a long while like the flattish water on the other thread 'burrums'..is there a reef break or just a big one because of the wind

no wonder the mates are talking about freezing stuff..new z. is a lot lot colder than in say nsw? as long as i have neoprene wrap i really wouldn't mind..but waves that big let me practice first in 6ft.er's