@22ness0hayden Hope you get the chance to duck back here soon :) St Clair is still just as beautiful. Not much has changed aside from a couple of new buildings & a bit more erosion to Middles. Probably have to pay a bit more for a spot in Beach Street these days though!!
The waves at the end seem very likely to be the tsunami in a weakened form. They look and behave similar to the Japan tsunami waves that hit the west coast of the US this year, theirs too were weakened from the long travel across the Pacific and behaved in the same way in many areas.
@Coolboy81 Thanks for the comment. Having seen footage from the States of the Japan tsunami, there are definitely similarities. To me it seems likely. Being a surfer, I spent most of that morning just watching the waves (thinking why wasn't I just out there getting some!!) & that set was unusually larger than any of the others on the day. I know that it doesn't matter how small the swell is, you'll always get random bigger sets, but a couple of things about this one were interesting...
@StKildaSurfer ...Firstly, the set didn't just hit one section of the beach, it hit all the way along to Lawyers Head, a streatch of a couple of km's. This doesn't generally happen unless it is a very solid, long period swell, which wasn't the case on this morning. Secondly, the timing was virtually exactly when the tsunami was predicted to hit. Coincidence, maybe, but my suspicion is, it probably isn't.
Thanks again for the comment, appreciate your thoughts.
@Honas21 Interesting comment, hear where you're coming from, especially with whats going on around the world at the moment. I debated about putting this up at the time (12 months ago now - hard to believe) but I liked the footage, even if it was uneventful in the end. What I was trying to do was capture the feeling of the day. No one really knew what was going to happen & there was definitely a sense of tension in the air, which was quite surreal given how beautiful the day was...
Thanks for the footage, Love NZ, have not been as far as Dunedin, been to Christchurch, saw Sep 2010 quaqke, what a shame, but than the Feb one just ruined it all. Love Dunedin it is very pretty!
Lovely camera work thanks. And looks like a nice place. Glad it was a bit of an anti-climax- though seems like some people would have liked to see the place flattened and the cars and property washed out to sea!
@clumpft Yes, that's pretty much it, she's a dead place for real (the last council certainly hasn't helped that!), local rag each day is normally full of trivia for 'news', (though won't be tomorrow with CHCH) like recently an American trourist eating huhu grubs was the full spread pic headlines. Someone paints their windowsills it will probably feature and all.
@WatchMusicTV yeah aye. i would usually see this in the o.d.t. maybe i didn't read it. hmm im 15 and i usually always read the paper. i knew bout that american quake but didn't hear about this
....thanks for the "tsunami" video....it was very impressive.....truly it was, don't let anybody tell you different. maximum respect to you mate :) lol
Bro get a hobby
pipefita 2 months ago
Thanks for the vid. Now I'm really homesick! I used to have a place in Beach Street near the roundabout. Been in London 8 years now. :-(
22ness0hayden 4 months ago
@22ness0hayden Hope you get the chance to duck back here soon :) St Clair is still just as beautiful. Not much has changed aside from a couple of new buildings & a bit more erosion to Middles. Probably have to pay a bit more for a spot in Beach Street these days though!!
StKildaSurfer 4 months ago
The waves at the end seem very likely to be the tsunami in a weakened form. They look and behave similar to the Japan tsunami waves that hit the west coast of the US this year, theirs too were weakened from the long travel across the Pacific and behaved in the same way in many areas.
Coolboy81 4 months ago
@Coolboy81 Thanks for the comment. Having seen footage from the States of the Japan tsunami, there are definitely similarities. To me it seems likely. Being a surfer, I spent most of that morning just watching the waves (thinking why wasn't I just out there getting some!!) & that set was unusually larger than any of the others on the day. I know that it doesn't matter how small the swell is, you'll always get random bigger sets, but a couple of things about this one were interesting...
StKildaSurfer 4 months ago
@StKildaSurfer ...Firstly, the set didn't just hit one section of the beach, it hit all the way along to Lawyers Head, a streatch of a couple of km's. This doesn't generally happen unless it is a very solid, long period swell, which wasn't the case on this morning. Secondly, the timing was virtually exactly when the tsunami was predicted to hit. Coincidence, maybe, but my suspicion is, it probably isn't.
Thanks again for the comment, appreciate your thoughts.
StKildaSurfer 4 months ago
Nice bit of ironic humour.!
burnybrosnan 6 months ago
yeah i think those series of waves at the end there may have been the tsunami remnant.
xhemexx 9 months ago
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Get this video off Youtube............Dickhead's just trying to get hits.
Shit looking beach!
Honas21 11 months ago
@Honas21 Interesting comment, hear where you're coming from, especially with whats going on around the world at the moment. I debated about putting this up at the time (12 months ago now - hard to believe) but I liked the footage, even if it was uneventful in the end. What I was trying to do was capture the feeling of the day. No one really knew what was going to happen & there was definitely a sense of tension in the air, which was quite surreal given how beautiful the day was...
StKildaSurfer 11 months ago 5
Thanks for the footage, Love NZ, have not been as far as Dunedin, been to Christchurch, saw Sep 2010 quaqke, what a shame, but than the Feb one just ruined it all. Love Dunedin it is very pretty!
thanks again
1881cassandra 5 months ago
@1881cassandra Glad you liked it. All the best :)
StKildaSurfer 5 months ago
@Honas21 New Zealand is cool there was small wave and surges but that's about it it's not a shit beach or video so fuck off
MrCallaghanC 10 months ago
i remember that..
crap one year ago today, Auckland students were freaking out :P
whatta joke it was like 28cm apparently!! :O lol jk
KelseyKayeRoss 1 year ago
pimp waves
1ABCNZABC1 1 year ago
Lovely camera work thanks. And looks like a nice place. Glad it was a bit of an anti-climax- though seems like some people would have liked to see the place flattened and the cars and property washed out to sea!
Ecalpon55 1 year ago 4
@Ecalpon55 Thanks, I was pretty glad for the anticlimax too!
StKildaSurfer 1 year ago 2
hehe... that's the hotel I stay in... right at 2:36... I love that place
FULLmeltHASH 1 year ago
jobs off!!! me used to swim there 1970s
455gs1 1 year ago
jobs off!!!
455gs1 1 year ago
There's always some nitwit walking on the beach......
clarkewi 1 year ago
What a fucking anti-climax that was! jeezus, is that like the most exciting thing Dunedin has ever seen??
clumpft 1 year ago 2
@clumpft hehe yep!
StKildaSurfer 1 year ago 3
@clumpft Yes, that's pretty much it, she's a dead place for real (the last council certainly hasn't helped that!), local rag each day is normally full of trivia for 'news', (though won't be tomorrow with CHCH) like recently an American trourist eating huhu grubs was the full spread pic headlines. Someone paints their windowsills it will probably feature and all.
Pullisto 1 year ago
wtf. i never heard about this
MrJai800 1 year ago
@MrJai800 neither did i?
WatchMusicTV 1 year ago
@WatchMusicTV yeah aye. i would usually see this in the o.d.t. maybe i didn't read it. hmm im 15 and i usually always read the paper. i knew bout that american quake but didn't hear about this
MrJai800 1 year ago
could of been the tsunami! i would love to jump into a tsunami! and die! maybe, maybe not whos knows love ya
b3nybo1 1 year ago
....thanks for the "tsunami" video....it was very impressive.....truly it was, don't let anybody tell you different. maximum respect to you mate :) lol
Ashvegian 1 year ago
2:50. No mate a tsunami looks nothing like set waves. They are just typical Dunedin swells
daggyz1959 2 years ago
hehehe!
gin198 2 years ago
are the waves always like that at st clair??? its pumping!
roger2307 2 years ago
Check out my other vids mate for some idea of waves in Dunnos. Eclair was quite nice that day tho ;)
StKildaSurfer 2 years ago
very cool dude
MatthewJens 2 years ago
great video coverage!! (loved the waxeye) nice set at 8.58 can I put a link to this video from my blog please?
phoamsurf 2 years ago
Hey Nic, by all means, I love your blog. Quite funny cos I just checked your vid out too, thought it was brilliant!
StKildaSurfer 2 years ago