> wonder if somebody was out sailing the hobies when the wave came. > scary to be surfing a 20m wave.
out in the open (deep) water a tidal wave is only 2 or 3 feet high, but its period can be a mile long or more its only in the shallow water that the front of the tidal wave starts to stand up and hits the coast BTW, its not the inital wave that hits the coast that causes all the destruction. The water level of the ocean raises up ten or 20 feet behind that first wave- so the water comes in, and it doesnt go back out again. -Ken W. Group Home http://www.TheBeachcats.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/beachcats/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
