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Biggest wave to hit Ireland

fergal.b · 2011-12-13 19:50:00

A record wave measuring 20.4 metres has just been recored off Donegal :eek: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16156042 http://www.marine.ie/CMSWeb/mi/FusionCharts/DatabuoyChartFiles/hMax_M4.html .

13-12-2011 8:50pm

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A record wave measuring 20.4 metres has just been recored off Donegal :eek:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16156042

http://www.marine.ie/CMSWeb/mi/FusionCharts/DatabuoyChartFiles/hMax_M4.html

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#2 14-12-2011 5:39pm

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That would of made some picture.!

Is this information recorded by a weather buoy?

TT

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#3 14-12-2011 5:44pm

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TopTec wrote: »

That would of made some picture.!

Is this information recorded by a weather buoy?

TT

Yep it's from the M4 weather buoy thats 44 miles off Donegal bay.:)

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#4 18-12-2011 10:16pm

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I wonder is that the same wave that all the papers reported on last year, the one all the surfers were waiting years for. I think that one was about 20 miles off the coast in Sligo bay, so possibly around the same area.

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