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atlantic swell making it's way in.
the swell is coming from the atlantic through "hole in the wall" in between abaco and Eluthera..
we tryed towing in last year..the waves are prity fast,not a place for novice tow in.. Mark moyle would no better on the info, I'll ask him to add to this post. |
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We had some of that monster swell as well here in Cabarete. Here are some pics out on kite beach. The military was out in full force to keep people out of the water, they even were confiscating gear from those who went out. It looks like another good swell is going to hit Thursday.
-Chris
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Hey Chris,
That is some big stuff running. Are they forming on the outside of the wave zone, say about 1200 ft. off Kitebeach? Would you have a higher res. version of DSC00935.JPG you could email to me (flkitesurfer at hotmail.com) ? I would love to put that one up in a larger form. Haven't seen waves that big off Cabarete before. From: http://www.activecabarete.com/ Are they forming on the outside of the white wave zone shown above? I recall that waves seemed to form and break over about a 300 to 400 section of bottom, with the larger ones on the outside. Have fun down there. Can't believe they called the army out. They used to seize your gear if you were too far east in the windsurfing zone of Cabarete Bay.
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Hey AJ,
Hole in the Wall is the southernmost point of Abaco, where the lighthouse is. Are you talking about the deepwater channel between Abacos and Eleuthera, NE Providence Channel? There must be something strong out in the Atlantic to be kicking up so many powerful, long period waves. They said they were 13 seconds in Cabarete and only 15 ft.. Any period guesses for your Love Beach swells? It is so rare for anything like that to make it to SE Florida, thanks to the Bahamas! Did some checking apparently they were forecasting some major surf to come in from a powerful cold front that whooped the USA last week as it strengthened over the Atlantic. Puerto Rico is in path of big storm The Associated Press March 20, 2008 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - An Atlantic storm could pummel Puerto Rico and other islands with waves as high as 30 feet today, forcing Holy Week vacationers to seek alternatives to the beach. The storm spawned tornadoes and thunderstorms across the southern United States last weekend before gaining strength over the open water, said Israel Matos, director of the U.S. Caribbean territory's National Weather Service. From: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,5813131.story
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big swell
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AJ asked me to come by and answer some questions swell window for Nassau is between south end of Abaco and North end of Eleuthera. Durring winter some of the big lows that spin off the US North East and backhand a swell down to us as they move off into the Atlantic Last week a big low moved off US east coast and raced down to the South East (unusual) and gave us a big burst of swell right down the whole Bahama chain and on through DR and PR all the way to lesser Antilies I believe? Waves here at their peak were around 10 to 12 feet. Tripple overhead on the face.
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Rick,
When I get back I will email you some pics. The Internet here is really slow so I had to reduce the image a lot just to post them. I return this Saturday evening so you should see an email from me by Sunday night. The waves were about 800 yards off kite beach. It was still pretty smooth inside the reef and as you made your way out the waves progressively got bigger and bigger. I can't wait for tomorrow with another swell hitting. -Chris
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Hey Chris,
Thanks for the additional info. Good thing it was smooth on the inside. Do you think you could ride out into it or was it pretty much locked out? It is a stretch I know but the photos almost suggest it was locked out. Sorry to hear about the slow Internet connection there, things have changed. Takes me back. I used to visit one of the several Internet cafes beachside every morning there before the wind came up. It was summer 2001 and we had just started the FKA and some traffic was getting going on the site. http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group...messages/1?l=1 Looking forward to seeing what you put up on your return. Have a blast in the meantime! Quote:
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I bet no one has any idea about how big the waves were at Rum Cay? Neither do I, But I've been there a few times and even when it's not that big, out there in the ocean it gets HUGE. not to mention this monster swell. They must have had 20ft waves. bigger than Nassau, and here, since were both blocked by some other islands. I'd love to see some pictures of the waves wrapping around Sandy point, and when it's onshore for us, it's offshore for them. Must have been insane, would have loved to take some pics.
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pic from day 3
double overhead?
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Thanks for the additional information. I've been trying to find more specifics but I think at particularly extreme southerly loop in the jetstream shifted some heavy weather further south than normal. I think about hemisphere effects of weather systems in hurricane season. Some of these mega fronts have been kicking some butt clear across the Atlantic in the UK. They were right at Disney, "it's a small world after all?"
Heads up, there is a big front moving on from the continent currently. So, perhaps more to come. Hope you guys get some rides and none of the flooding. THANKS for the great wave riding shot. Is that Cable Beach up the coast to the right? Just had a look at the wave forecast. For some reason they are predicting it to go off at Indicas off the Hub of the Abacos and to a lesser extent further south. They are saying 15 ft. swells are to come in for Tuesday around noon. http://magicseaweed.com/Indicas-Surf-Report/473/ Looks like the swell should slip through to NP Tuesday as well From: http://magicseaweed.com/ Tomorrow isn't looking too shabby along the Atlantic coast of the Bahamian Plateau and upper Antilles. Quote:
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