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Seas should be 2.5 m on a swell of 3 METRE... on Friday 24th June, when the storm front rolled in. Not the 20th, 21st or 22nd.
Monday 20[SUP]th[/SUP] June 1988: SW winds at 10 to 15 knots easing to 10 knots by late morning. Seas should be 1 m on a swell of 3 m. Temp 10.7 degrees at 7.30 am and max 18.4 degrees at 2.25pm.
Tuesday 21[SUP]st[/SUP] June 1988 Forecast Perth fine and cool. North East winds 5 to 12 knots. Seas should be 0.5 m on a swell to 2.5 m. Temp 8 19 degrees.
It was calm, low waves and light wind SW to NE.
You have a clear picture of the waves to put with the weather on the 22nd June 1988. Your big storm came in two days after the car was recovered.
Source Sunday Times July 14 2000.
Shame it wasn't the West Australian and image available on Westpix.
Regarding long period swell damage .
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/n...e.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11885957
"MetService meteorologist Brian Mercer said yesterday's 2m swell was increased by a tide slightly higher than normal and, because the storm was well off the coast, the interval between swells increased.
Even though 2m isn't an enormous height, there is a huge amount of energy in each wave because they have that long period, so are more likely to be destructive and more likely to travel up the beach a little bit further."
Edit; sorry the article doesn't exist anymore but i did get that quote from the article months ago and had posted this info previously . The quote is correct .