monmouth county forecast split

Discussion in 'Mid Atlantic' started by Swellinfo, Feb 7, 2011.

  1. Swellinfo

    Swellinfo Administrator

    May 19, 2006
    I am thinking about splitting the Monmouth County page into two regions.

    Long Branch, NJ and Belmar, NJ

    There are some swell events where there can be some big differences between the northern and southern parts of the county.

    Anyone have any thoughts on this - positive or negative?
     
  2. windswellsucks

    windswellsucks Well-Known Member

    520
    Oct 20, 2007
    definitely do it!! north of belmar and south of belmar breaks so different
     

  3. wallysurfr

    wallysurfr Well-Known Member

    918
    Oct 23, 2007
    I'm all for a more specific forecast. Don't see any downside...
     
  4. mOtion732

    mOtion732 Well-Known Member

    Sep 18, 2008
  5. skunk patrol

    skunk patrol Well-Known Member

    201
    Jun 15, 2009
    def good idea! will it show up on the IPHONE app. as well ?
     
  6. Swellinfo

    Swellinfo Administrator

    May 19, 2006
    ya, it would propagate to the mobile apps...
     
  7. offshore

    offshore Well-Known Member

    172
    Sep 5, 2010
    Awesome! Thank you Swellinfo!:D
     
  8. Krappenschitz

    Krappenschitz Well-Known Member

    70
    Mar 11, 2010
    2010 Belmar/Long Branch

    There were some major differences this past year on what showed up in the Belmar/Spring Lake area as compared to what did not show up in the Long Branch area for certain swells. I think it would be a great idea.........
     
  9. NJ SPONGIN

    NJ SPONGIN Well-Known Member

    573
    Feb 24, 2009
    Def a good idea !
     
  10. rideacarr

    rideacarr Well-Known Member

    99
    Nov 21, 2010
    100% definitely do it.
     
  11. LBCrew

    LBCrew Well-Known Member

    Aug 12, 2009
    That crams two fairly specific forecast locations into a very short stretch of coastline... like 10 miles. Is there a difference? Sure. But there's a difference in a lot of places. I say leave it alone.
     
  12. windswellsucks

    windswellsucks Well-Known Member

    520
    Oct 20, 2007
    why not just do it as one of those swell faceing buttons at the top of the screen? there used to be those different direction buttons you can click on depending on which direction the beach faced

    edit: like in Ocean City, NJ: SE or SSE
     
    Last edited: Feb 7, 2011
  13. shorepoints

    shorepoints Well-Known Member

    79
    Feb 20, 2010
    One area works substantially better than the other on certain conditions, and vice-versa. This is knowledge gleaned over many years of experience and trial/error. A big part of me wants to keep this knowledge exclusive to those who have put in the time and effort to figure it out. So I would lean toward the "leave it alone" camp on this.
     
  14. tibu35

    tibu35 Well-Known Member

    183
    Dec 28, 2009
    that works...
     
  15. frylock89

    frylock89 Well-Known Member

    82
    Sep 20, 2008
    def love it, Monmouth county is just so much beach, it varies a lot throughout
     
  16. dudeman

    dudeman Well-Known Member

    264
    Jan 21, 2011
    I think that rather than adding more named breaks, the direction should be able to be tweaked like the SE/SSE in OCNJ. This way, it doesn't "give it all away", but at the same time, does provide all the information. Or allow "custom forecasts" for any point on the map based on global position coordinates. Like magicseaweed said they plan to implement, but show no signs of doing.... Can't go wrong with more customability. That's a word right?
     
  17. wallysurfr

    wallysurfr Well-Known Member

    918
    Oct 23, 2007
  18. wontonwonton

    wontonwonton Well-Known Member

    383
    Mar 13, 2007
    I think belmar forecast is just like SSH. And monmouth county is more long branch oriented. Leave it. Different spots are affected differently with each swell. Its the surfers choice to score or not.
     
  19. darippah

    darippah Well-Known Member

    367
    May 27, 2008
    def split it!!!

    how can you afford to keep this site free??????? this is sweet!
     
  20. darippah

    darippah Well-Known Member

    367
    May 27, 2008
    customization ability= customability I think :)