Why this winter broke from seasonal tradition. "The guys in the water, they've got it easy.". Relatively speaking,longer waves are created by strong winds transferring energy into the water column over a substantial amount of time. Significant wave height: 5ft. So when they hit shallow water they slow down more abruptly and break with more punch. Due to bottom friction. Haven't surfed it but have heard it breaks on a finger(s) of reef? Eg. As the weather predictions got better, the interest picked up over 20kts to a strong breeze - a bit of trade swell was obvious to the average punter and a few out-of-the-way spots started getting busy. As the anniversary approaches, here's footage from a memorable day. Half of the energy is usually lost in the first 400-600km of travel but after that it only halves again after 1,800-3,000km. It made me wonder so i had a good look at the navigation charts, and it seems they both have similar looking canyons running straight from East to West out off the main shelf, however the one out off the Tweed, straight out off HP seems to have a more gunbarrel look to it, staying deeper, longer in a straighter line than the one off Ballina. Please enable it to continue. Later in the day a new inconsistent SW groundswell is due, peaking Sunday morning, generated by a great fetch of NW gales swinging in from the Indian Ocean behind the polar low mentioned just above. The most powerful waves expected at Newcastle Beach in the next 12 days are 2.0 m 9s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Nov . So for a 16s groundswell, the wavelength is 1.56*16^2 = 1.56*16*16 = 399.36m. Winds cause swells, and swells cause waves. Click through for the detailed breakdown. Such a complex, intriguing and challenging wave. Locals of each city would say they are host to the real "Surf City." Secondary swell: 4ft @ 9 seconds, SSE. Shorter period swells (i.e. You can calculate the speed of the waves with this formula: The speed of a swell or "wave train" is 1.5 x period. High surf advisories, according to the National Weather Service, are issued when "breaking wave action poses a threat to life and property within the surf zone." I'm actually at the point where part of me dreads the A+ swells because everywhere is likely to be packed. At a beach break though, there's a . Well, the water particles beneath an unbroken wave travel in circles that diminish in size with distance below the surface. Easing surf with lighter winds out of the E/NE are due on Saturday though the beaches might still be a bit chunky in the morning, more accessible into the afternoon but with sea breezes. I'll admit, I'm a glutton for every source of information I can get my hands on, but I wonder where the logical end point is with our collective never-ending thirst for surf forecasting knowledge and understanding. Patents have been filed. At a beach break though, theres a better chance of having nice, peaky waves with fewer closeouts & less need for solid sandbars. Regardless of how peaky or straight a swell comes in, questions like the one at the start of the article arise in respect to why similar size swells out to sea can create differing wave heights when they break. additive) increase (say 25%) in energy? To answer it we must go back to first principles. Random maths question - in the equation to calculate wavelength, the number is 1.56*period^2. Swellnet. The less bottom irregularities that a swell can run into on its way into a certain spot will helps its consistency and also seeing those stacked, long-period sets with so many waves. Good on you for getting amongst it over there. Cross-section of the ocean showing decreasing wave energy (orbital motion) with depth. The opposite is true for shorter period swells. Sunsets always been the top of my surfing bucket list since i was a grom. One thing that is uncertain which city is the real "Surf City USA"? Open these images in a new window to see the depths. Could listen to stories of Sunset til the cows come home. Water retention is sometimes called bloating or edema 2. Swell potential wise we're looking at mostly mid-period energy thanks to the winds behind the slow moving frontal progression not reaching the gale-force range and down on Ben's early outlook last week. I'll say nothing of the influence of period here, but I will note that discretion is of the utmost importance to ensure a bit of ducking and weaving is available for those who have put the time in. Why not check the global swell chart? When I got there it had been a really wet period so most of the north shore east of Waimea was putrid brown and far from what I had imagined it would be like for all of those years. The combination of those two factors makes longer-period waves more powerful than shorter-period ones. Aug 26, 2010 #9. One week till the Woz Finals waiting period begins and the Southern Ocean is currently awash with swell-generating systems. Superimposing the distribution of threshold exceedance by wave and tidal currents indicates that there are areas on the shelf where either wave-induced or tidal currents dominate, some areas where waves and tides are of relatively equal importance and still other areas where neither is significant. There's something of an analogy to draw between swell-generating storms and the availability of information. 1-Day 3-Day 5-Day. Longer period swells (10-20 second+ interval) are generally the result of an area of low pressure somewhere in the Pacific (North Pacific or South Pacific), with its wind's blowing over a large. This looks to be the time to surf with more convincing 4ft sets on the Surf Coast out of the wind. So as the swell hits that reef on it's approach the part that hits the reef first would stand up(rear up) and to an extent slow down where as the shoulder of it running in such deep water would still be moving at pace,(but alot closer to the breaking part of he wave than normal) as opposed to a reef that has a more gradual bathymetry? Practically the peak period of a swell gives a great idea of how powerful the swell is and how likely it is to create good waves for surfing. Southern California will see five to 10 footers (which is still pretty big) on north, northwest and even west facing beaches because Pt. Your browser has JavaScript disabled. On the East Coast, lower period swells are preferred, as they generally provide peaky A-frames which are ideal for the beaches. Yep. In saying this the back to back nature of frontal activity through our south-western and southern swell windows will produce moderate levels of swell from Thursday through Saturday. How far off the east coast would it get to 39 metres deep and 200 metres deep? The longer the time between sets, the more time the wave has to gain strength. If both swells are 2 metres, the 5 second energy will hardly rise (perhaps even coming in smaller owingto bottom friction) compared to the 16 second swell which will rise quite significantly in size due to the extra energy in the water column being squeezed and having nowhere to go but up. Latest is here: The period is the interval of time (in seconds) between two peaks in multiple wave cycles. "So when you up the wind strength, fetch length and duration that's where you get the larger swell periods developing. 15 sec 10 sec 5 sec. but no one actually likes big boards," I'm trying to figure out if it's purely a drag issue that prevents heavier surfers from catching waves as easy as lighter surfers. The long period swells in summer are generated by hurricanes that form in the tropical waters of the Central Pacfic. I still can't figure out how that is possible. Good on ya mate. Big waves need more than just swell, it's a combo of many factors with period being one of the more prominent. Offshore winds might get it better; 8-10 seconds: Medium-distance swells improve the local surfing conditions. Thanks udo. A surfer's view of the ocean is usually two-dimensional. We're seeing winds increase today ahead of the incoming cold air, with the front proper due to move across us tomorrow through Wednesday bringing low level snow and terrible weather for the Melbourne Cup. Without strong storms producing high-energy, long period swells, north and northwest facing beaches get a break, or better put, a pause in big waves during the summer. Oops! Swell period, or wave interval, measures the time between waves in a 'set' of waves. After surfing 'soft' beach breaks and lower period swells on the East Coast It always catches me out first session when going back home and surfing the Southern Ocean reefs, how much quicker the longer-period swell comes in and breaks. Eyre Peninsula. Not sure if this would make a difference when a big South swell is running straight up the coast and then funnels into both of these canyons, but maybe Craig if you have an inkling? It gets busy, yes, but you can zig and zag. At some spots, for example, the breaking wave height can be the same as the open-ocean height one day, but four times as big the next day when a new, long-period swell arrives. The size should ease back through early to mid next week, with possibly dicey S/SE winds on Monday, swinging back to the NE through Tuesday and Wednesday, but we'll have a closer look at this and Sunday's swell on Wednesday. multiplicative) increase in energy amount compared to the shorter period wave? Ive never surfed a wider wave. In Victoria at my local beach Cape Woolamai we seem to go through different periods of the banks being good or crap etc the whole beach, ive often thought about the effects of different size swells, tides, winds ect but never thought much about the movement of sand being pushed from deeper water beyond wave breaking line to shore. Now that October has come to a close, I'd like to stop, take a breath, and look back at the surf of thepast month. (something ive never thought about or read about). Very significant, long lasting storms do produce swells of 23s+ but these are generally only realised thousands of kilometres down the line once they've continued to organised themselves out into those long-period sets. Contrary to a beach break where those long lines need to be broken up or refracted in some way with well-defined sandbars or another type of bathymetric (ocean floor) interruption, which is why some beach breaks can handle long periods & others leave you with nothing but closeouts. Download it here. That energy will be compressed upwards as the wave approaches the shore. A position which seems increasingly impossible. Users can set up their favourites on the home screen with quick-view forecast graphs, live wind and tide data, and live streaming surfcams. least we get the forecast early once Craig's back, Props to the surf reporter this flat morning "No surf for you!" Conversely, a swell with a 5 second period is traveling at only 7.5 knots. Therefore the larger the swell period, the greater the amount of energy that is stored below the sea surface. Meaning there is about 400m distance between each wave crest in a 16s swell out in the open ocean. . . Have you noticed what periods work best for you local break? Their wives usualy break them as per normal. And then imagine a 6 ft wave at 14 seconds and a 6ft wave at 20 seconds (from different swells obviously), would the larger period 6 ft wave have a non-proportionate (i.e. Wtf are you on about. In shallow water the orbits touch the bed, so the wave is slowed down. Size wise we should see3-4ft sets on the Surf Coast with 6ft waves to the east and winds will shift locally offshore (N/NW Surf Coast and N/NE beaches) ahead of S/SE sea breezes. Summer is when south and southwest facing beaches get the biggest waves. The swell period is much shorter, the waves are less organized, and come in faster. So a 16s swell travels at 45km/h and a 10s swell at 28km/h. great explanation. Longer period swells also have a flatter profile in deep water, so create larger waves when entering shallow water to create surf. Sounds unreal over there and maybe late season not so hectic with the crowds.well maybe not this year with all the comps moved. ok, so, if you were flying above the ocean in a helicopter looking down upon (a) a 20 sec 6ft swell and (b) a 10 sec foot swell, i was thinking that the 20 sec swells would appear to be 'wider'. Longer period swells are between 10 and 20 seconds. "The guys in the water, they've got it easy.". Sun 6 Nov Mon 7 Nov Tue 8 Nov Wed 9 Nov Thu 10 Nov Fri 11 Nov Sat 12 Nov. 6m 4m 2m. Yeah that's crazy thinking about that West peak. A longer-period wave (left) feels the bottom, but a shorter-period wave in the same depth of water (right) doesnt. however I know you understand how it works, you just weren't able to express it clearly, but if you read what I wrote and think about it and why yours doesn't quite make sense then you will be welcome to use mine in future when you're writing for Nature. You get a few sick ones out there?? not always this true. Australia Surf Map - Wind and Wave forecasts Australia wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. To work out how deep in the water column the energy sits in regards to period, you can use this formula: The wavelength of a swell (gap between each crest or trough) = 1.56*(swell period)^2. Hmm, I'm still not getting your point sorry. The peak of the spectrum indicates that the peak frequency is 0.11 Hz that corresponds to a peak period of 8.7 s. The mean wave period is 5 s in this case. Wavelength = 1.56*period^(2). Yep agree, there are some outliers in this regard and it's all due to local bathymetry. I remember very clearly surfing a 23 second swell in south Sumatra many years ago . 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Women may notice swelling of their feet during menstruation or a few days before. https://www.navionics.com/aus/australia-new-zealand-au.html. It's such a double-edged sword. Yeah there's big waves but what else?! What they say is true about the west peak. And then grabbing the arse of it as it travels by to tip it over. Swell Height. I once went to aussie pipe and it was flat then on the way home checked stoney creek which started pumping but was deadlier than cape solanderthen checked gerroa reefs which were pumpingim sure aussie pipe started pumping on my way home. If a swell began travelling at 2 metres at 10 seconds, on a constant bottom depth so no increased friction, and no land mass to get in the way, is the decrease a linear scale? Source: Physical Geology - Steven Earle. Swell period is a measure of that acquired momentum and it determines how far a swell will be able to travel in the open ocean. Would say a west swell remain more west the further south the shore it hits is.. almost getting stuck on cape Otway as it passes by.. eg.. staying more of a true west swell at the prom and say wsw on the surf coast. There's a marked difference. But period really comes into its own at spots that have a significant refraction effect. Good question. Trying to think of how a wave like sunset works. Now, a longer-period wave is thicker from front to back, so those orbits are bigger under longer-period waves than under shorter-period ones. Wow. Wind blowing over a stretch of ocean is known as fetch, and there comes a point where the longer waves escape the fetch and travel onwards, or the fetch dissipates allowing the organised waves to spread out and continue on their way. The windtransfersenergy into the water column which initially shows as tiny capillary waves. "Using observed grain size data, mobilisation from swell waves occurred on 31% and tidal currents on 41% of the continental shelf. It seems the further into a bay or shallow shelf you get the less waves in a set and also the less consistent the surf becomes. Billabong launch an old-time Mentawai milk run. Not to mention the interplay between different swell trains which tend to overlap on the very wide East Coast swell window. Then you may ask, why are some waves bigger than other waves? pretty sure its never ever been easy. It's the size of the ocean that allows for the making of long period swells. But when we are talking about swell, the period matters almost just as much. Or do water waves of a given height/amplitude have the same speed? Winds were strong but brief, reaching severe-gale to storm-force on the polar shelf. No. In regard to sand movement beyond the wave breaking line, do higher period swells move sand from offshore deeper water towards shore better than short period swells? Go for it; 10-12 seconds: The power of ground swells is taking effect; Definitely worth it; +13 seconds: A long period swell brings high-quality waves. LVl<E, Aug 26, 2010. An out of season swell is sizing up the East Coast next week. Lots to work with. As a result, a longer-period wave approaching the coast will feel the bottom in deeper water, further out, and will start to refract earlier. Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. The last few big swells in the North Atlantic have arrived with periods of up to 19 or 20 secs, which is pretty long for this part of the world. We revisit a popular article from 2012. Billabong launch an old-time Mentawai milk run. What is the difference between a wave and a swell? Craig, a question, please - perhaps for a future article. These swells are making it all the way to Southern California. North and northwest facing breaks were forecast to see 20-25+ footers last week. Because a 3 ft swell at 7s, 12s, & 18s will each produce a different sized wave with varying quality. To visualise this, we see the majority of the swell energy stored in the upper part of the water column, decreasing in a cone like fashion the deeper you go. Your browser has JavaScript disabled. Expect waves to 2-3ft on the Surf Coast and 4ft+ to the east building a little more into the afternoon but with those poor onshore winds. Victorian Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday 31st October), Best Days: Tomorrow morning Surf Coast, later Wednesday Surf Coast, Friday Surf Coast, Sunday morning, beaches early-mid next week. At spots where refraction causes the waves to bend in on themselves and increase their height (bathymetric focusing), period is really important. That said after 15 yrs of regularly surfing the superbank, we moved south 3 yrs ago and I only surf my empty local despite the wind, swell period, direction and tide. Would tidal currents pretty much have a net zero affect (given they travel in both directions daily), where as swell waves actually move sand from area A to area B with each event ? You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. The Bells waiting period starts this Sunday with a touch more swell than earlier forecasts stated. For example, point breaks are a great place for longer period swells as they allow the long lines to break evenly from left to right or right to left. This occurs due to. The brighter magenta colors in the image below show swell periods of 20 seconds or longer. Points deducted for the double grab takeoff. Some spots benefit from south swells, while other spots benefit from north swells. The long periods gave the waves an extra punch at many places, and, at some spots, a lot more size than you would normally expect. Another secondary swell of 0.1 m and 10s is also forecast. I've surfed both west and south swells on the Surf Coast and there's a noticeable difference in the quality and wall pushing more in towards you. Click through for the latest forecast. Sitting in the lineup, boardriders identify lumps of swell rising and falling in the vertical plane (up/down) while they approach in the horizontal plane (forward/backward/sidewards). Whoa, 10-12ft Sunset is proper!! Were talking about swell period, the energy hidden below the ocean surface which only becomes apparent when the swell moves into shallower water, on approach to the coast. Love watching the comp there every year too.on the big days not much seems to have changed in the approach.big board, big lines, big drops, big bottom turns. On the East Coast, lower period swells are preferred, as they generally providepeaky A-frames which are ideal for the beaches. Shorter period swells are less than 10 seconds. Particularly the Lombok strait. Friday, North side at The Island : It looks better than nothing. I reckon its pretty clear, we all get it Craig. Wavelength = 9.8*period^(2)/(2*3.14) It's a tricky forecast period for Indonesia, but in short there's plenty of swell due from Sunday through next week. As the wind continues to blow, non-linear (read: non-uniform) wave-wave interactions cause the energy to be transformed into longer waves, that influence deeper into the water column. Nice one Willy. Swell period is the amount of time in seconds between 2 waves & is often categorized as short (< 10s), medium (10-14s), or long period (> 14s). For a November forecast, not too bad all things considered. The argument against was that Ballina sticks out further, is closer to the swell source, hence must recieve the swell earlier, and also more of the swell, but i personally have done trips on the same day and seen a marked difference in swell size. Wavelength = 9.8*period^(2)/(6.28) In order to get a long period swell, you need strong winds that last a long time over a large body of water. Would love to surf it again. If the break needs longer-period energy and the storm only just reached a certain strength, you can see lots of mid-period sets not hitting properly or missing and then the odd better long-period set swinging in. Thanks Willi. Think also of how much more energy is present in the water column. Every now and then it hits pay dirt. In summer, the North Pacific is dominated by high pressure, which prevents storms from forming there. Such is the importance of this energy, it makes or breaks a session on your local beach, reef, or point break. Wonder if it breaks? Sweet Solitude. Thought I knew a little about weather and what drives our swell systems on the east coast but the depth of your articles put me in my place. The opposite is true for shorter period swells. And the key to that is the (period)^2 factor in calculating the wavelength and hence energy extending deeper into the water column, which then gets compressed and shows as larger inshore surf. Onto your second question, because waves travel in groups and are always cycling over each other they conserve energy very well in the deep ocean. Yeah had a great time. You barely needed to paddle as it felt like the wave just had so much energy, it just picked you up . Swell period isthe time between successive wave crests passing a fixed point such as the outside take-off at the Bells Bowl. Fark, did it have some grunt in it ! 15 sec 10 sec 5 sec. I mean you can adjust for drag with adding volume to increase buoyancy, but it still seems like smaller people can get into waves faster. Recently, Swellnet received an email asking the question: "If awave buoy is reading 2 metres, why does the surf come in smaller than 2 metres if the period is five seconds, and why do larger period swells provide more size than that 2 metre reading. Also there are finer details like this south west of Cape Otway that come into play. That Bravenes Rock out from Johanna, how deep is it out there? Highlight for me were some absolute magic afternoon sessions at rocky rights. But what about the winds? a rare event only. OK this is how the swell period is increased, how exactly is the swell height increased or is this just a function of distance from the swell source or a combination thereof ? Ie. Compare that to the aforementioned 16 second swell which feels the ocean floor at a depth of 200 metres. When it issummer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Figure 3. As the La Nia signal persists throughout the Pacific Ocean, a mirroring event is happening over the Indian Ocean. At a point break, a shorter period swell won't span the full length of the point & you'll end up with multiple sections not allowing the point to do its thing. Ever seen the film Chasing Maverick's? Aug 12, 2012 #4. from a north swell ? Now we seem to be approaching the surf equivalent of constant hurricane strength interest and the lines of info are non-stop and everyone is tuned to all the data - the uncrowded sessions are getting fewer and further between, and the hype around each swell is now days out and bordering on absurd. Sounds unreal, and to get it with hardly any crew out. One might say it's a state of mind. The larger the wave period, the greater the distance between two wave crests will be and this is known as wavelength. But again only to a maximum depending on this values.". Only experienced surfers should try to surf these waves. A 1 foot swell @ a 10 sec period will always be better than a 10 foot swell @ a 5 sec period. You should surf margs sometime ! Interesting stat Craig. I hope that can be taken into account in the next article which will look at the buoys. Thanks Craig, an excellent article. It's trippy trying to visualise what would have a cyclonic shape yet has vortices spinning on the lateral relatively speaking. Swell direction is typically described in degrees from North 0 to South 180. . Surfers in the southern states wouldn't get out of bed for periods under 11-12 seconds and for the reef breaks to properly fire, long-period swells of 15 seconds or more are a must. Aghh, you mean more drawn out across the bay wider, not wider in profile view? Never-ending east swell, offshore mornings - spring has sprung a whole new set of conditions. Swell direction breaks down as follows: There is a limit but that only depends on the strength of the winds, fetch length, and duration of time. 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