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Surf Forecasts, and more surfers in the water - Ask a Surf Forecaster
DailyStoke.com: A common question from all of our writers. Do you ever alter the forecasts in order to get swells to yourself? But you want to, don’t you? ☺
Socalsurf.com: Hahaha…awesome question. I get it asked in-person every once in a while too. Personally I never alter forecasts…never ever. Really there isn’t much of a point…particularly in Southern Cal. In Socal there are surfers that are going to go to the beach, look at the cams, and/or call their friends for reports no matter what I put out there. Even if I was trying to get some waves to myself there would be plenty of people in the lineup…I would just lose professional credibility without any benefit.
Of course there are days when I wish I could get Trestles or Rincon all to myself…(who doesn’t)…maybe if I could guarantee that I would have it completely empty I would be tempted to go to the dark side. In the meantime I will continue to use my powers (and I use the term very loosely) for good.
Adam Wright runs www.socalsurf.com and is a professional
meteorologist. He’s been a surf forecaster since 1999, and covers SoCal and Baja for Wavewatch.com as well as the weekly snow and surf outlooks for Fuel.tv. DailyStoke happens to think there is no better resource online to understanding waves, in plain English, than
Socalsurf.com. Learn more there, now!
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