Wave Hub - how will it affect your surf? 'URGENT! :: Cornwall24 Discussion Board

Main Menu

Cornwall Photos

Beach Ices at Praa Sands

Ice meeting the sand at the base of the low cliff behind Praa Sands Beach, West Cornwall. 6th January 2009....

Icicles at Trewellard Bottoms

Water seeping through a wall is turned to icicles, ate Trewellard Bottoms, where Geevor Mine meets the sea....

Winter Sunset at Levant

A late afternoon scene, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall. 7th January 2009....

Winter at Levant

The old electricity generator building, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall, during the recent cold snap. 7th Jnauary 2009....

User's Login

Vote!

[ Results | Polls ]

Votes: 798

Cornwall Information

Start :: Cornwall24 Discussion :: Cornwall24 Discussion Board :: Wave Hub - how will it affect your surf? 'URGENT!
Moderated by: Admins

Goto page : Previous Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Next Page

	Wave Hub - how will it affect your surf? 'URGENT!
Masterclass	Posted: 09.08.2006, 16:51
registered: Oct. 2004 Posts: 999 Status: offline last visit: 08.01.09	The alternative is living somewhere like Didcot....


FlammNew	Posted: 09.08.2006, 16:51
registered: Mar. 2006 Posts: 1814 Status: offline last visit: 27.03.08	Better that than a desert peppered with nuclear power plants.


chris	Posted: 10.08.2006, 00:20
registered: Jul. 2004 Posts: 1405 Status: offline last visit: 01.08.08	Well, my local surf spot won't be affected an that's where everyone ends up in the summer anyhow. As for the winter then at places like Porthtowan then most people will probably be grateful of a 10% reduction in swell size! Also, I prefer the south coast That's my positive spin on this!


Me	Posted: 10.08.2006, 07:01
registered: Oct. 2004 Posts: 214 Status: offline last visit: 03.04.08	What makes you think Porthtowan wont be affected? It'll depend on which direction the swell is coming from!!


lucy_ellis	Posted: 10.08.2006, 17:26
registered: Oct. 2005 Posts: 234 Status: offline last visit: 29.11.08	http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/ or http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=808


Me	Posted: 10.08.2006, 18:40
registered: Oct. 2004 Posts: 214 Status: offline last visit: 03.04.08	Whilst we might get a reduction in swell height of, say, 10% it must be remembered that the power of the wave will be further reduced i.e. it cannot recover the power extracted by the wave hub. In simple terms both the height and the wave period will be reduced. Now the power of a wave depends directly on the wave period, and the square of the height (thus a 6 foot wave is 4 times as powerful as a 3 foot wave of the same period). This means that a 10% reduction of wave height will mean a reduction in power of 20%, and if the wave period falls as well then the reduction will be closer to 25%.


FlammNew	Posted: 10.08.2006, 22:53
registered: Mar. 2006 Posts: 1814 Status: offline last visit: 27.03.08	Considering the tiny proportion of the population who will be disadvantaged by a possible but unproven 10% reduction in surf height compared to the fact that everyone will suffer if we don't work to slow climate change, I think the wave hub project is a positive one for Kernow.


Hen	Posted: 11.08.2006, 00:05
registered: Dec. 2005 Posts: 772 Status: offline last visit: 19.02.07	I wonder if there IS a significant wave reduction whether this could be a good thing for some coastal towns? Wouldn't this mean a number of harbours and retaining walls wold not need to be increased to combat the storms?


FlammNew	Posted: 12.08.2006, 15:08
registered: Mar. 2006 Posts: 1814 Status: offline last visit: 27.03.08	I don't think so, storms contain so much energy that even a 10% reduction isn't going to make much difference, and I suspect that the proportion of energy reduction goes down as the waves get to storm level.


chris	Posted: 12.08.2006, 17:48
registered: Jul. 2004 Posts: 1405 Status: offline last visit: 01.08.08	QuoteConsidering the tiny proportion of the population who will be disadvantaged by a possible but unproven 10% reduction in surf height compared to the fact that everyone will suffer if we don't work to slow climate change I don't think the surfing population of Cornwall should be the ones who have to sacrafice what they love for the crimes of 4X4 drivers, heavy industry and energy waters. After all surfers (historically) have always been environmentally conscious. Maybe the same powers could compensate surfers by building a series of artificial reefs. These would not require as much power to create quality waves.


FlammNew	Posted: 12.08.2006, 18:04
registered: Mar. 2006 Posts: 1814 Status: offline last visit: 27.03.08	QuoteMaybe the same powers could compensate surfers by building a series of artificial reefs. These would not require as much power to create quality waves. I'm happy with that.


Me	Posted: 13.08.2006, 10:11
registered: Oct. 2004 Posts: 214 Status: offline last visit: 03.04.08	Try reading some of the comments on this on... http://www.a1surf.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1149666811/85#85


Masterclass	Posted: 13.08.2006, 13:05
registered: Oct. 2004 Posts: 999 Status: offline last visit: 08.01.09	Quote I don't think the surfing population of Cornwall should be the ones who have to sacrafice what they love for the crimes of 4X4 drivers, heavy industry and energy waters. After all surfers (historically) have always been environmentally conscious. (Masterclass stops looking on EBay for a new Porsche)


troll	Posted: 13.08.2006, 14:17
registered: Jul. 2004 Posts: 567 Status: offline last visit: 15.05.07	Troll stops his butler looking for a third new Bentley and orders him to buy a battered Nova...


CK	Posted: 13.08.2006, 15:51
registered: Apr. 2006 Posts: 383 Status: offline last visit: 08.01.09	Quote I don't think the surfing population of Cornwall should be the ones who have to sacrafice what they love for the crimes of 4X4 drivers, heavy industry and energy waters. After all surfers (historically) have always been environmentally conscious. I'd be careful with that one Chris, the beaten up VW Campers & Beetles aren't the most efficient vehicles around (31mpg, which is pretty similar to a land rover discovery 3!), plus they don't have catalytic convertors or complex Engine management sytems and as such you will probably find the emissions are far worst than the Disco.

Goto page : Previous Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Next Page

Users online:

truru - ThingsThatGoFlirInTheShla - Shiner - Allister - Nev - Countrysider

This list bases on the users active in the last 60 minutes

http://www.cornwall24.co.uk/advertise.html

Forum Latest

cinema going in cornwall
ThingsThatGoFlirInTheShla :: 9:11 pm Fri

The Campaign for a Cornish Tick Box on the 2011 UK Census
youngcornwall :: 8:07 pm Fri

Gaza
davidtreth :: 5:28 pm Fri

Prison sentence for benefit cheat
FreakoMbiko :: 4:16 pm Fri

Mundic!
marhak :: 4:02 pm Fri

What's Europe ever done for us?
Fulub-le-Breton :: 3:21 pm Fri

Electoral Pacts
Fulub-le-Breton :: 10:47 am Fri

Save Penwith Moors
marhak :: 8:16 am Fri

Truro Football stadium plans approved
TeamKernow :: 12:14 am Fri

Cannabis Cures Cancer - "Run From The Cure" The Rick Simpson Story
Shiner :: 10:03 pm Thu

Cornwall Jobs

Cornwall News

Rise in county's road death toll
The number of people who have died on Cornwall's roads rises in the last year to 35, police say.

Film con man ordered to pay £100K
The man who swindled almost £2m in a film studio scam is ordered to forfeit £100,000 by a judge.

Triplets survive against the odds
A woman from Cornwall who gave birth to triplets 14 weeks early describes their survival as a "miracle".

Call for inquiry into fire centre
Fire chiefs demand a public inquiry into the delayed opening of the regional fire control centre.

Prison sentence for benefit cheat
A man who admitted swindling more than £51,000 in benefits over a six-year period is jailed for 18 months.

Divers face trial over shipwreck
Three Cornish divers accused of plundering a shipwreck off the coast of Spain are to be tried in a Spanish court.

‘NO’ TO NUCLEAR WASTE IN CORNWALL - MPs
Proposals to bring nuclear waste to Cornwall have been described as ‘absurd and irresponsible’ by Cornish MPs.

Route Partnership Plan for Penzance unnecessary
Their plan having been rejected by the public in the final exhibition in Septmber with 90% against the Route Partnership have decided to try again in mid January after a mailout and poster campaign.The Chamber of Commerce has been at the forefront of this campaign.

independent Cornish news and comment