1986 150hp to mudhole

[chesapeake724]

Originally Posted by spareparts

jsut remeber, when the weather service says 2-3ft seas, thats the height above mean level, meaning that a 2 ft sea is 4ft from top to bottom, a 3ft is 6 ft top to bottom. Check the wave period, we get a lot of 3ft every 3 secs, thats like driving accross plowed rows

Disagree. NOAA/NWS gives wave heights in forecasts as crest to trough, not crest to mean.

http://www.weather.gov/glossary/index.php?letter=w

Basically, it's the height of the wave 'face' you'd be seeing. It just feels like they're wrong about the forecast by a factor of 2. ;)