Post #396302 by Paipo on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 4:02 PM

Hmm, so the thread is cursed! Has anyone seen this happen on another thread?
Thanks for all the replies Benjamin, kahu, Tom, Jen, duddy, surfin, tikifreak, seek, GROG, Jen, teaKs, Jen and kiwishaman, and remember - choose only genuine Piepoâ„¢ products!

Well, Big Wednesday didn't disappoint, and as the chart predicted, there was a HUGE 1 day surge in the swell, which then disappeared again by yesterday. The rest of the country is still copping a hiding but it's calmed down here...for now. Fishing boats were cruising back out over the bar and the swell has cleaned up quite nicely (actually, I have a funny feeling it will be totally flat today). When it gets over 6-8' here there's really nowhere to go - it's just too exposed along this coastline, the dropoff is pretty abrupt and the sweep is just insane. There certainly will be stones aplenty though - we've had plenty of torrential rain and high seas this winter, so I predict a good seasonal result for the extractive division of Piepoâ„¢ industries.

While it was as big as I've ever seen it get here in my decade of residence on the Coast, unfortunately cameras are hopelessly inadequate in capturing the feeling of awe/dread/wonder, but I did try:

Rivermouth from the south breakwall - not a good day to be crossing the bar!

South side B-town, outside set (actually inside for this day - waves were breaking hundreds of metres further out and were far bigger than this)

This guy must've been freezing in his shorts - the wind was icy, and where he was standing copped plenty of spray on the big sets...