Today’s blog will consider local weather conditions and their affect on groundswell at your local beach.
As groundswell approaches your local beach the quality of the surf will be will largely be dependant on local weather conditions including wind direction and strength.
Lets use the Newquay area of the North coast of Cornwall as an example.
Imagine we [...]
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Local weather condtions
Today’s blog will consider local weather conditions and their affect on groundswell at your local beach. As groundswell approaches your local beach the...
Wave periods and groundswell
In our last article we looked at the creation of waves in the North Atlantic by low-pressure systems. Today we will consider what happens as the waves...
The swell begins
In the second of our regular series of articles on how the weather affects surfing, we look at what happens out at sea. Waves out at sea If there was no wind the...
What makes waves?
In the first of our series of articles about how the weather affects surfing, we look at what causes our swell in the South West of Britain; Low pressure systems As...
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Local weather condtions
Wave periods and groundswell
In our last article we looked at the creation of waves in the North Atlantic by low-pressure systems. Today we will consider what happens as the waves approach our shores.
Now that the waves have been created (the swell) they keep on travelling across the ocean until they reach land and the wave energy [...]
The swell begins
In the second of our regular series of articles on how the weather affects surfing, we look at what happens out at sea.
Waves out at sea
If there was no wind the sea would probably be like millpond, calm and relatively motionless, but thank goodness for us surfers, this is not the case!
As we [...]
What makes waves?
In the first of our series of articles about how the weather affects surfing, we look at what causes our swell in the South West of Britain;
Low pressure systems
As you know the UK is situated on the Eastern side of the North Atlantic Ocean. Out at sea there is a lot of activity in the [...]
Surfing and the weather
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This week we start a series of informative blogs looking at the science behind our surf.
We’ll look at the weather, how waves are formed, and how to judge for yourself when the best conditions for surfing will be in your local surf spot.
We’ll also take questions about our articles [...]
Planning begins for our September 2009 trip to France
This week we have been considering our France surf tour. We’ve been planning logistics and where to surf.
There are plenty of spots to surf along the coast near Seignosse. Hossegor and Biarritz are well known, but there are plenty of other great places with less crowds and great waves.
Let us know what you want from [...]
Moroccan friends
Mo and his wife catching up with Dan. We spent a lovely day with them both. Had a terrific Tajine and chatted about life in Morocco and England. The lake behind is where the ladies from their village wash their clothes.
Cornish weather
Bit of Cornish weather this week with rain and gusty winds. Not going to be much for surfing. The cows and hens don’t mind though!
Surf’s up
There have been some really great days of surf recently. Dan went out the night before last and had some clean head-high waves at Watergate Bay for a couple of hours before sunset. The water’s not too cold and on a sunny evening it was just perfect springtime weather. The sunsets have been pretty special too, as [...]
Gandering around in the sun
Its a lovely morning here on the farm. The sun is shining and the geese are enjoying strolling round the yard like the own the place!
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