the butcher
Well-Known Member
When I look at the current environment canada marine details during their periodic updates, the wind/gust speeds normally correlate with the wave height. For example, light/calm winds normally have wave height reading of around 0.1m or less, 10-15knot winds usually have a wave length of 0.3-0.4m and so on.... not always but they usually correlate well between wind speed and wave height.
At the time of writing this message, the current conditions at halibut bank are as follows: winds SE4 gust 6 .... however, wave height is 0.4M which is the conditions that I would typically see when the winds are up closer to 15 knots... It's currently halfway through an EBB tide so the winds and currents are flowing in the same direction rather than opposing directions so the wave height shouldn't be affected like they would in a situation of opposing wind and strong currents.
Anyone know why relatively light wind conditions are creating 0.4M waves? Trying to figure this out in order to better anticipate days when I will be out on the waters. I find environment canada marine forecast isn't very accurate when it's 2-3 days out... I also find that windy.com is usually providing forecasts of wind/waves lighter than they actually are. Sometime hard to figure out the actual conditions. It takes me 45 mins to trailer my boat to the ramp. I wish I lived close enough to be able to check water conditions out with my own eyes before trailering the boat and getting to the ramp.
At the time of writing this message, the current conditions at halibut bank are as follows: winds SE4 gust 6 .... however, wave height is 0.4M which is the conditions that I would typically see when the winds are up closer to 15 knots... It's currently halfway through an EBB tide so the winds and currents are flowing in the same direction rather than opposing directions so the wave height shouldn't be affected like they would in a situation of opposing wind and strong currents.
Anyone know why relatively light wind conditions are creating 0.4M waves? Trying to figure this out in order to better anticipate days when I will be out on the waters. I find environment canada marine forecast isn't very accurate when it's 2-3 days out... I also find that windy.com is usually providing forecasts of wind/waves lighter than they actually are. Sometime hard to figure out the actual conditions. It takes me 45 mins to trailer my boat to the ramp. I wish I lived close enough to be able to check water conditions out with my own eyes before trailering the boat and getting to the ramp.