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Originally Posted by Alexwalms
I was out on my Honwave t40 earlier with the wife and kids and encountered some rough sea conditions on the way home.
As I came around a headland near Exmouth it was very choppy /large swell and I was well out my comfort zone.
My question is how rough sea conditions can these sibs take?
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What time was that ?
Looking at the Dawlish wavebuoy data, most of the day has been OK with a just a slight swell of 0.23m, however I had a look of Teignmouth early this afternoon and there was a little wind over tide which was causing the usual chop, but nothing to worry about.
At about 6:00pm the sea changed and the swell was 0.54m (most significant wave data) but the peaks were only 2.4 seconds apart, so it would have seemed quite choppy. The wave direction was 174 degrees True.
Right now there is a 0.79m swell @2.1s ............and coupled with a lyme bay spring flood tide, the sea will seem quite confused and not very inviting.
Mostly, its not the hight of the swell ........ its the time period between peaks (or troughs) that determined how 'rough', or 'lumpy' it is.
to be most comfortable, try to drive at 45 degrees to the waves and avoid any area of breaking waves.
You will bottle out long before the Honwave does ........