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Forums > General Discussion   Shooting the breeze...

How big is this wave at Bells (in the photo) ?

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Created by Simondo > 9 months ago, 10 Jul 2011
Simondo
VIC, 8020 posts
10 Jul 2011 8:21PM
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Estimates please... scale rulers and calculators are permitted.
The photographic angle is about 10 degrees looking down. Actually closer to 8... Not that is really matters...

This one at Winki - how big is the face of the wave? Guy taking off is in crouch stance.




Bells is hard to judge in this photo....












Mark _australia
WA, 22798 posts
10 Jul 2011 6:40PM
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20ft face at the peak

siny
NSW, 287 posts
10 Jul 2011 10:18PM
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i think surfers call that 5 foot

Greenroom
WA, 7608 posts
10 Jul 2011 9:52PM
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Perfect SUP wave

nebbian
WA, 6277 posts
10 Jul 2011 11:36PM
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"Brown pants" size

Jack Mack
NSW, 343 posts
11 Jul 2011 10:12AM
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solid 8 to 10

Bender
WA, 2226 posts
11 Jul 2011 10:05AM
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10-12 with bowel losening sneaker sets

MIKO
QLD, 408 posts
11 Jul 2011 8:15PM
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what are ya asking for ?
id say 8 - 10 ? but you dont really no till you are in it
Ist one is a beauty

Mick

CJW
NSW, 1721 posts
11 Jul 2011 8:26PM
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Never understood why surfers measure the wave from the back? What the f@# is the point...you never look at a wave from the back when you have any scale reference to judge its size from, IE a person, so what the hell? Weirdos ^_^

As an example, it's stated above the wave is ~ 10-12 foot - sufer scale...so that's 2 average people tall. If you asked anyone, who isn't a sufer, whether that wave was 2 people tall I expect the average response would be "you taking the piss?".

/rant

Mark _australia
WA, 22798 posts
11 Jul 2011 7:02PM
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CJW said...

Never understood why surfers measure the wave from the back? What the f@# is the point...you never look at a wave from the back when you have any scale reference to judge its size from, IE a person, so what the hell? Weirdos ^_^

As an example, it's stated above the wave is ~ 10-12 foot - sufer scale...so that's 2 average people tall. If you asked anyone, who isn't a sufer, whether that wave was 2 people tall I expect the average response would be "you taking the piss?".

/rant


Especially when the original question asked about face.

20ft.

Ian K
WA, 4120 posts
11 Jul 2011 7:03PM
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Another way is to track a solid parcel of water free falling from the lip. 1 second = 5 metres, 1.5 seconds just over 10 metres, I've seen 1 second waves around here. Those look bigger. I'll go 8 metres.

Simondo
VIC, 8020 posts
11 Jul 2011 9:46PM
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I was standing right next to Steve Ryan as he took this photo. 1st photo. My photo, 2nd one, is a split second after, shooting on the wife's Slim Line Pocket Camera (My Medium Zoom Olympus needs a new Olympus rechargeable battery). Steve was shooting on a Pro Bazooka Lens. Same angle, same wave.... Different moment, different crop.

Steve Ryan's photo was posted on Coastalwatch.com.au

Enjoy it again !


A spike in swell saw some sizable sets rolling in along Victoria's Surf Coast yesterday. As Darren Wilcox bottom turns off this bomb, you've got to wonder what the two surfers paddling over it are staring at... Photo: Steve Ryan.

NOTE: I previously reported the surfer as probably being T-Ray (Tony Ray).



Paradox
QLD, 1326 posts
12 Jul 2011 12:16PM
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CJW said...

Never understood why surfers measure the wave from the back? What the f@# is the point...you never look at a wave from the back when you have any scale reference to judge its size from, IE a person, so what the hell? Weirdos ^_^

As an example, it's stated above the wave is ~ 10-12 foot - sufer scale...so that's 2 average people tall. If you asked anyone, who isn't a sufer, whether that wave was 2 people tall I expect the average response would be "you taking the piss?".

/rant


I think it stems from Hawaii, and perhaps some machismo understatement thrown in.

surfer 1: man that looks like a solid 8 ft
surfer 2: nah, 4-6 max. You should have been here last week, now that was 8ft

The thing with waves is that the face height can vary for a given wave depending on the break. Shallower breaks tend to jack the face more, but have a thinner wall. The wave itself still has the same power as a similar wave on a deeper break with a smaller face, thicker wall. Whereas the back of the wave before it breaks tends to be more consistant wrt power.

I have surfed the north shore and certainly my experience was that waves that had a similar height face to say queensland beach breaks used to absolute trash me comparatively. One day I was there I surfed 4 ft and got pretty worked on a few occasions. Locals were calling it flat and didn't even go out.....

latedropeddy
VIC, 417 posts
12 Jul 2011 6:17PM
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Big enough for me not to go out... I went to cathedral and was soiling my wetty and paddled for tassie a few times so I couldn't imagine how big it was out there Funny how it was the older blokes that were charging :)

Bloody big i'd say. The point Nepean swell bouy just down the coast near the heads had maximum wave heights (its a couple of k's offshore) of 8m +. I guess they would be using a standard measurement reference - peak to trough.

This pic was from the Geelong advertiser - are these 2 guys near the winki button? If so thats pretty heavy

saltiest1
NSW, 2510 posts
12 Jul 2011 9:00PM
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thats not a wave, its a ripple!

lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
12 Jul 2011 9:06PM
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Seen bigger waves in my toiletThats why I sh!t myself everytime I go in there.

SandS
VIC, 5904 posts
12 Jul 2011 10:03PM
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about this big ..... shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

lost at sea
WA, 358 posts
15 Jul 2011 9:02PM
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last time i saw winki that big, the crew called it 10 to 12 foot, in laymans terms FRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGNNNNNN BIG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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"How big is this wave at Bells (in the photo) ?" started by Simondo