FPDocMatt
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The Sea Pool at the Sunset House on Grand Cayman has swells that come in sets of 6 waves. Any idea what causes this phenomenon?
6-Wave Swells at Sunset House
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Hank49
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I've never been to the Caymans, but your post got me curious. The Sea Pool is that little rock pool in front of the resort? And you're saying that it has "swells".
Do you mean swells coming in from the sea? Or swells upwelling inside the rocky pool?
If it's coming from the sea, swells normally come in sets, and with 4-8 waves or so. But being on the SW corner of Grand Cayman, there isn't much chance of it getting hit with real ocean swells generated from far away storms, (like the swells that hit Oahu this time of year from storms in the Bering Sea).
Unless there is a small storm in the Gulf sending swells back through the gap there at Cozumel and Cuba. ??
Do you mean swells coming in from the sea? Or swells upwelling inside the rocky pool?
If it's coming from the sea, swells normally come in sets, and with 4-8 waves or so. But being on the SW corner of Grand Cayman, there isn't much chance of it getting hit with real ocean swells generated from far away storms, (like the swells that hit Oahu this time of year from storms in the Bering Sea).
Unless there is a small storm in the Gulf sending swells back through the gap there at Cozumel and Cuba. ??
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Hank49
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WHY WAVES COME IN SETS | SURFLINE.COM
Why are there sets of larger waves? by John Sidles - Surfing Vancouver Island.com - CoastalBC.com
Here's a couple explanations. I had never really thought about the "why". These explain it pretty well. Are you an engineer, by chance.
Why are there sets of larger waves? by John Sidles - Surfing Vancouver Island.com - CoastalBC.com
Here's a couple explanations. I had never really thought about the "why". These explain it pretty well. Are you an engineer, by chance.
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FPDocMatt
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WHY WAVES COME IN SETS | SURFLINE.COM
Why are there sets of larger waves? by John Sidles - Surfing Vancouver Island.com - CoastalBC.com
Here's a couple explanations. I had never really thought about the "why". These explain it pretty well. Are you an engineer, by chance.
Okay, I've read the first one anyway. I think the last part of the explanation is probably the correct one. The duration of winds etc out at sea can't be the reason for there always being 6-wave sets at the sea pool at Sunset House. It's got to be the geography of the bottom of the sea in that area, which causes wave resonances.
No, I'm not an engineer. I'm a family practice physician. But I'm interested in just about everything--what do they call that, an omniphile? But the Internet tells me that's a person who has sex with everything he sees...
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Hank49
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I've been thinking about the "why" of why waves come in sets. And I've come to the conclusion that God loves surfers. Because if he didn't make breaks in the sets of waves coming in, it would be really hard to paddle out in all but point breaks with a deep channel.
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