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Open ocean wave model on 11 December at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

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	NNW	ESE	E	NW	NE
	12 s	off	4 s	12 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 December at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

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	NNW	ESE	E	NW	ESE
	12 s	off	5 s	12 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 December at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

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	NNW	ESE	E	NW	NW
	12 s	off	5 s	12 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 December at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

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	NNW	ESE	E	NNW	NW
	12 s	off	6 s	12 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 December at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	ESE	E	NW	NW
	13 s	off	6 s	13 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 December at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	ESE	E	NW	NE
	13 s	off	6 s	13 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 December at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	SE	ESE	NW	ESE
	13 s	off	6 s	13 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 December at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	SSE		NW	E
	13 s	glass		13 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 December at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	E	ESE	NW	ESE
	14 s	cross- off	7 s	14 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 December at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	E	ESE	NW	ESE
	14 s	off	7 s	14 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 December at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	ESE	ESE	NW	ESE
	13 s	off	7 s	13 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 December at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	ESE	ESE	NW	ESE
	13 s	off	7 s	13 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 December at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	E		NW	ESE
	13 s	off		13 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 December at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	E	ESE	NW	ESE
	13 s	off	7 s	13 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 December at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	E	ESE	NW	ESE
	13 s	off	7 s	13 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 December at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	E		NW	ESE
	13 s	glass		13 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 December at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor around the time the photo was taken

Image captured One hour and 45 minutes after low water (rising neap tide). Tide height was 0.1m (0.5 ft). Range 0.92m (3.0 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Banzai Pipeline and Backdoor Surf Photo: 'pipeline breaking to barrel' by Thomas Dean

pipeline breaking into a chooseable either way barrel on a perferct large swell day

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User: Thomas Dean (1 photo)

Country: United States (4068 photos)

Photo taken at: 8:29 am 12 Dec 2009