Maybe it's just an effort to keep up with the wave heights we experience on
the West Coast.

"Mine's twice as big as yours!"

John Adams

"Brian Nystrom" wrote in message
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riverman wrote:

No, you're right. NOAA uses the same standard as river runners: trough
to
peak. But surfers (specifically Hawaiin surfers) have their own formula,
and
since a lot of the surfer terminology follows the fad, surfers worldwide
tend to follow the Hawaiian model. Which leads to a lot of non-surfers
also
following the model, which leads to the confusion. Check out
http://surfing.about.com/library/weekly/aa042001.htm

Ah, that explains it, but that sure is a screwy way of measuring waves. As
for
East Coasters doubling the wave height...it's BS.

--
Regards

Brian