Get your cameras down to Fistral - NOW!!

Alsone · #1 (**permalink**) 15th January 2006, 13:13

Anyone seen the surf report for this morning?

Cribbar expected to be working at 3 to 4 x overhead!!!

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South Fistral Surf Conditions:
Report for Sunday 15th January 2006 courtesy of BPSA
8.15 am
Strong SE ( offshore ) winds at the moment blowing huge amounts of spray off 1.5 overhead waves . Double overhead set waves coming through and looking fairly well lined up after yesterdays mess. Swell is set to build and the pushing tide this afternoon could see some Cribbar action which will be around 3 to 4 times ovehead !
Gloomy day for weather ,overcast , rain and windy .
Remember there is no life guard service on fistral beach until later in the year .
Happy waves !

From: http://www.a1surf.com/surfcheck-fistralcam.html

Assuming there's some towing in, should be a great photo opportunity.

I'd come myself but ti would be dark before I'd get there!!

Al.

62microbus · #2 (**permalink**) 15th January 2006, 16:36

anyone get down there today then? wish i was closer so i could surf the cribbar!

NewquayDude · #3 (**permalink**) 15th January 2006, 19:03

I went to Crantock, alot of action down there.

Alsone · #4 (**permalink**) 15th January 2006, 20:30

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Originally Posted by 62microbus

anyone get down there today then? wish i was closer so i could surf the cribbar!

Wow. You could surf 24 feet?

Al.

ANCIENTWILLIAM · #5 (**permalink**) 16th January 2006, 19:40

Thank christ this post was about the CRIBBAR !!!

I thought someone was going to say small orage lights were falling into the water & then swimming around looking like glowing stingrays

( Must stop watching E4 & Ch4 !!! )

Alsone · #6 (**permalink**) 16th January 2006, 19:51

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Originally Posted by Eviction Technician

Thank christ this post was about the CRIBBAR !!!

I thought someone was going to say small orage lights were falling into the water & then swimming around looking like glowing stingrays

( Must stop watching E4 & Ch4 !!! )

Invasion!!!

Also remember not to explore upside down waterbound mobile homes.

ANCIENTWILLIAM · #7 (**permalink**) 18th January 2006, 19:49

So did the CRIBBAR go off then ???

Alsone · #8 (**permalink**) 19th January 2006, 13:36

Dunno.

Could see nothing from the Fistral Web cam, its been on the blink recently and quality is still poor albeit an improvement on what they used to have.

I might be missing something here but I struggle to understand why web cam companies still try to obtain stills from web cams (which are essentially vid cams) as video captures are always poor. Given the low cost of still cameras you'd think they'd rig a mega pixel still camera up instead and trigger it via a timer and use a macro also triggered by the timer to trigger the image transfer software to transfer it to a viewing folder.

I'm sure it would be possible but still.

Al.

dude · #9 (**permalink**) 19th January 2006, 15:31

Yeah but high megapixel jpg's are like 3mb+ so would take ages to load and use up far to much bandwidth

Alsone · #10 (**permalink**) 19th January 2006, 17:17

I'm not sure thats a problem anymore as most people now have ADSL.

A 3-4mb JPEG is only a few second download on a 1-2mb connection. I'd wait.

Bandwidth is a different issue but as most of these web sites have sponsorship deals, and are on commercial connections, I doubt bandwidth would be something that couldn't be overcome.

Al.

seaslave1 · #11 (**permalink**) 23rd January 2006, 12:01

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Originally Posted by Eviction Technician

Thank christ this post was about the CRIBBAR !!!

I thought someone was going to say small orage lights were falling into the water & then swimming around looking like glowing stingrays

( Must stop watching E4 & Ch4 !!! )

LOL LOL U crack me up ET. E4, E4+1 and Ch4 are all i seem to be watchin these days.

Mainly Big Brother tho (sad botch aren't I) although i did manage to catch Newquay Nights on Monday. Got totally depressed, texted Hips and got out the newquay holiday brochure. Was supposed to be goin to spain, but the programme changed my mind. I cannot possibly have a year without The Key!!

Alsone · #12 (**permalink**) 23rd January 2006, 14:29

He he,

Once you've been there it always gets you back.

I'm the same look elsewhere, then look at last years photos, see the surfing and thats it I've booked another year!!

Al.

ANCIENTWILLIAM · #13 (**permalink**) 23rd January 2006, 20:07

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Originally Posted by seaslave1

LOL LOL U crack me up ET. E4, E4+1 and Ch4 are all i seem to be watchin these days.

Christ yeah !!!

If its not Big Brother, then its Invasion. If its not Invasion its Desperate Housewives. If its not Desperate Housewives its Nip Tuck. If its not Nip Tuck its Battlestar Galatica. If its not Battlestar Galactica its Missing Without a Trace ...

Need I go on & yes I do realise some of those are on other none 4 channels ...

I won't even start with CSI or BONES either !!!