To: Lokibob
Coos Bay is about in the middle of Oregon coast, a little to the south side past halfway down. Maybe 100 miles north of the CA border.
It's worth noting that those bouys are reporting about a 20 foot swell, but also about a 10 foot wind driven sea on top of that. For those unfamiliar with such things: Swells are waves coming in from somewhere else. Seas are caused by winds right where you are.
What this means is that since they are both pretty big, it makes for a very chaotic waveform. Sometimes they'll add together for the occasional 30 footer, and since they're almost always coming from different directions, they make for a nasty unpredictable monster beating on the outside of the boat.
Hang in there guys...
83 posted on
12/12/2002 9:16:32 PM PST by
Ramius
To: Ramius
And remembering it was "only" 30' seas that sank the 700' long Edmund Fitzgerald...not fun in my book!
116 posted on
12/13/2002 7:09:43 AM PST by
Vic3O3
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