Sunday February 26, 2006
Back at the Ranch
Just came back from vacation (North Shore of O'ahu). Rained pretty much the entire time I was there but the surf (of course) never stopped and my wife and I had a pretty nice time. For those familiar with the breaks, we spent most of our time at Haleiwa, Puena Point and Chun's Reef (our personal favorite).
Wave size was actually in the "human" range this time around (at times when we go, the waves aren't really suitable for mere mortals ... certainly at places closer to Sunset Beach). This time, the waves averaged between 2-4 feet about half the time and 4-8 feet the rest. Hawaiian scale of course ...
For those that don't know, surfers in Hawaii measure waves from median sea level to the crest (look at the wave from the back to get an idea). Weather service forecasters on the other hand measure the front of the wave (from the trough at the front to the top of the wave). So a non-Hawaiian wave measurement is about 1.5 to 2 times more than the same Hawaiian wave (so my earlier measurements in the rest of the world would be at the low end, a 4 foot face up to about a 16 foot one ... and those were fun :-)
Anyway ... back to the "grind" ... and it will be a busy time indeed. A lot of travel coming up, including the
Developer Days conference(s) in Australia and New Zealand starting at the end of March in Wellington and Sydney followed by a date in Melbourne the beginning of April (and yes, I hope to get some surfing in while I'm there).
If you are a developer, whether on the Java Platform or Solaris (or both), go to the
site and register ... it's free and will give you a chance to hear from a number of speakers on a huge range of technology choices and also give you a chance to interact with other folks in the Australia and New Zealand developer communities.
I'll provide a little mode detail as I get it, but check it out!
Posted by brewin
Feb 26 2006, 12:53:47 PM PST
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