Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:54 PM 5/21/05 -0700, Dennis Painter wrote: >Sneaker wave is a LARGE and unexpected wave. It can happen as waves can >reinforce until there is one large sucker coming in. Beaches with a lack of >driftwood where you would expect driftwood are often that way because of >sneakers. Point Reyes was most attractive to me in the winter months, but I also went there in the summer. In June, 1968, I was damned near killed by one of these "sneaker" waves with an incredible undertow. I have never had to swim so hard to reach the surface as I did then: I followed that old Red Cross advice and let it carry me out a ways until it weakened, and then angled to the surface, but it was one hell of a haul and one I certainly could not repeat today. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505