Raw spectral energy for our buoys for swell 5,
Sept 24-26 2001
San Francisco spectrum
California Buoy spectrum
SE Papa buoy spectrum
What the swell looked like at creation
This swell was a 305 degree swell in the tail of the Aleutians.
It crossed the Aleutian landmass and broke up. Fetch was long
and wide briefly, but pressure was unimpressive. The swell
rolled in on top of a local low complete with lightning. After
18 hours, the swell bumped up from 6 ft 17 to 7 ft 14 for most
of the first day. There may have been a little wind shear
involed in the first 18 hours. A second swell chased this on
right into town as seen above.