I was on a USCG 378' ship about 120 miles WSW of San Diego. I watched distinct sets of waves on the radar at a range of 20 miles. At that range they must have been 50' high. I checked the chart and it was over Cortes Bank. When I got back to SD I told some surfers about it and pointed it out on a chart. I may have been the person that discovered the big break. 20 years later I heard a story about a small aircraft spotting it.
I was on a USCG 378' ship about 120 miles WSW of San Diego. I watched distinct sets of waves on the radar at a range of 20 miles. At that range they must have been 50' high. I checked the chart and it was over Cortes Bank. When I got back to SD I told some surfers about it and pointed it out on a chart. I may have been the person that discovered the big break. 20 years later I heard a story about a small aircraft spotting it.
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