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08 February 2021, 16:34
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Wave Speed
Can anyone tell me how fast waves travel?
JD
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08 February 2021, 18:45
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Depends on wind speed 30-40 mph common sismic waves 470 mph
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08 February 2021, 18:53
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Originally Posted by jeffstevens763@g
Depends on wind speed 30-40 mph common sismic waves 470 mph
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Please tell me that's a typo or I may never take the boat again?
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08 February 2021, 20:18
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Quote:
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Please tell me that's a typo or I may never take the boat again?
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I think it was a typo  
Although ...lIm pretty sure "wave speeds" dont so easily equate so much with wind speeds  .....thankfully!
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08 February 2021, 20:22
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Waves don't "travel" at all.
They merely move and down.
"Waves are created by energy passing through water, causing it to move in a circular motion. The ocean is never still. Whether observing from the beach or a boat, we expect to see waves on the horizon. Waves are created by energy passing through water, causing it to move in a circular motion."-Prof. Google
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08 February 2021, 20:24
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Sorry seismic and can reach 600 mph mid Pacific
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08 February 2021, 22:16
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Originally Posted by jeffstevens763@g
Sorry seismic and can reach 600 mph mid Pacific
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600 MPH, it gets worse!!! Although the Pacific is a fair distance from the Solent so I wont worry too much.
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08 February 2021, 22:29
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600 MPH, it gets worse!!! Although the Pacific is a fair distance from the Solent so I wont worry too much.
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itd be a hell of a trip back surfing the wave in you're rib 
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08 February 2021, 22:44
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Don't search 'rogue waves' or 'freak waves' on YouTube.
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09 February 2021, 10:15
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Don't search 'rogue waves' or 'freak waves' on YouTube.
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Darn, why did you have to say that!!!!!
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10 February 2021, 18:58
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I used to know this when doing my Naval Architecture degree many years ago. Long forgotten however.
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10 February 2021, 20:40
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A wave with a significant wave height of 1.2m (.9m average, 2m max) travels through the water at about 21kph(water does not actually move...much)
At significant wave height of 2.5 (1.5m average, 5m max)goes up to 28kph
These are waves most representative of what you see in a Small rib/sib.
A deep water wave moving at 600mph would have such a long wavelength compared to its height that you would not event notice it. What you notice, and what is dangerous, is wave steepness compared to its height. It would be a very very very loooong swell.
A wave breaks when it’s height to length ratio is greater than 1/7.
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15 February 2021, 11:12
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I do a fair bit of surfing of my local break, I track my distance and wave tracks using my garmin gps watch, actual wave speed when ive caugh a wave, Ive found is around 15 to 20ish mph on average
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15 February 2021, 11:31
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Brilliant - thanks!
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