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At the famous Mavericks Beach surf spot, big waves thundering into the California coastline on Thursday attracted surfers and spectators alike to the legendary break 25 miles south of San Francisco.
Surf forecasting is the process of using offshore swell data to predict onshore wave conditions. It is used by millions of people across the world, including professionals who put their forecasts online, meteorologists who work for news crews, and surfers all over the world.
In 1992, it started distributing surf reports via fax and pagers, before moving on to internet-based services. [12] [14] [16] In 1995 Surfline became an online service, offering live video streams of surf breaks in addition to written surf reports. [6] [17] The first live camera feed was created in 1996 at Huntington Beach.
Mavericks is off the coast of Pillar Point (pictured). The first videos were shot by Eric W. Nelson in February 1990, catching Clark, Schmidt and Powers. Eric was shooting for his community access television show Powerlines Surf-Spots. This was the origin of the Powerlines Productions company that showcases big wave surfing around the world.
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