Open ocean wave model on 30 January at 6 pm
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 30 January at 9 pm
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 31 January at 12 am
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 31 January at 3 am
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 31 January at 6 am
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 31 January at 9 am
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 31 January at 12 pm
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 31 January at 3 pm
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 31 January at 6 pm
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 31 January at 9 pm
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 1 February at 12 am
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 1 February at 3 am
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 1 February at 6 am
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 1 February at 9 am
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 1 February at 12 pm
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 1 February at 3 pm
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
Open ocean wave model on 1 February at 6 pm
Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tokata around the time the photo was taken
The beach is vast and the hills in the distance are both large and very far away and combined with a wide-angle lens and nobody in the sea for scale, it all conspires to make the surf look small even though it is well overhead. The hindcast shows two solid swells with slightly different periods making for oversize sets. These sometimes broke level with the headland between here and Horseshoe Bay.
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