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 BRITISH ISLES Surf Prospects 20 - 30 Nov 2009
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 Posted by SoulSurfer on Thursday 19 November 2009 - 23:28 |
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Not much change from Wednesday's forecast The storms will continue
New lows are continually joining the large complex low stationed between Scotland and Iceland. This is keeping a large westerly groundswell going and feeding waving fronts across the British Isles bringing strong winds and rain storms every few days. The timing details are very difficult to predict long term. The best general plan is to watch local forecasts and chose sheltered spots or quieter periods to find cleaner waves. it seems likely that the low pressure focus will move slightly north towards the end of the lookout period |
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SOUTH WEST AND WALES (and south western Ireland)
South westerly swells will continue to get into all coasts and should get into the large to very large range at the weekend. However there will be very strong south westerly winds behind it blowing them out at many places. Friday and Saturday looks likely to be the quietest days. On Sunday the waves will be exceptionally large and blown out. There is a good chance that winds will Turn far enough to the south to go offshore at some of the main North coast beaches. Later in the weekend and early next week could see some very large waves around. There is also a hint of a quieter period around the weekend of 28th but that's almost certain to drift in time.
EAST COAST (Thurso area, use this and Far NW )
Southerly windwaves developing at the weekend and they could get quite large further north. There's also a suggestion that some northerly winds far to the north could generate a small to moderate swell mid week. Westerly winds could allow this to be clean if it makes it down the coast
FAR NORTH WEST OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
Continuing powerful wet and damaging storms mean deep shelter is probably best for these blown out unpredictable waves
CHANNEL COAST (east of Start Point)
The south westerly swells and windwaves should get well up the channel to give some large waves at many spots particularly early next week.
Activities and Comments
Was at Sidmouth on Thursday afternoon the waves and swells looked as big and nasty as I have seen here in a long time with very strong onshore winds pushing them in.
For a look at my local waves now go to The "Soul's Hole" Woolacombe Surf Camera
The measurement of waves and surf quality is a vexed question and there is a lot of false Macho attitude "the bigger the better" around. This in my experience is not true for most people. There are also those who suggest that unless the surf is peeling perfectly and glassy smooth it is no good. Good medium sized surf in my book is usually in the range of 2-3ft with moderate winds either on, cross or offshore and cleanish faces. In other words the sort of stuff that comes around quite frequently and not just classic days. Small surf is in the 1-2ft region but should be rideable by most (if you can't ride this sort of surf your board is too small!) large surf is in the 4-6ft range and gets scary. If I think that the surf is going to be particularly good I will indicate it clearly for those who only go to the coast for special days.
You are welcome to ask a question or add a comment below. I will try to answer it by the time I post my next report and I will leave the answer up for about a week in the report. Look at the full reports area and you should be able to find them.
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