The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums : Another Tsunami Warning https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:10:23 +0000 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:34:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.01 360 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=45794 <![CDATA[The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Another Tsunami Warning : the croc wrote:I was in Rarotonga...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650151&title=another-tsunami-warning#650151 Author: A C
Subject: 45794
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 at 4:34pm

Originally posted by the croc the croc wrote:

I was in Rarotonga last week for the last one. Was pretty crazy, the lagoon was pulsing all day, sucking out a couple of metres then rushing back in. The water was murky as all day.


This is normally 2-3 foot of water at low tide.


Couple of minutes later


Harbour sucking out


Harbour fully sucked out


A few minutes later



Harbour sucked out (see how low the water is on the rocks in the background)



Water came back flush with the wharf. Luckily it was low tide when the biggest pulses hit.


Just talked to mates over there who said they were going for a swim just before I heard about the 2nd warnings  :?
 
Wicked pictures croc - I bet that old drunk Jack didn't move from his stool at the end of the bar did he !
]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:34:11 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650151&title=another-tsunami-warning#650151 <![CDATA[Another Tsunami Warning : stinko Pinko Swannie - we didn&#039;t...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650123&title=another-tsunami-warning#650123 Author: Kezza
Subject: 45794
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 at 3:33pm

stinko Pinko Swannie - we didn't head out till 1pm and headed up Kawau ways from Gulf Harbour......lots of sporadic bomb ups where we'd pluck one or two then spotted the mother lode out a bit wider....champange fishing at it's best!!]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:33:36 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650123&title=another-tsunami-warning#650123 <![CDATA[Another Tsunami Warning : Is it true that earthquakes make...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650120&title=another-tsunami-warning#650120 Author: JigNut
Subject: 45794
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 at 3:24pm

Is it true that earthquakes make fish go to ground??
The old folk down this way don't even bother with puka fishing after earthquakes up to a week afterShocked...
]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:24:42 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650120&title=another-tsunami-warning#650120 <![CDATA[Another Tsunami Warning : Kezza wrote:PS....Tsunamsi...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650118&title=another-tsunami-warning#650118 Author: swanie
Subject: 45794
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 at 3:20pm

Originally posted by Kezza Kezza wrote:

PS....Tsunamsi make snapper hungry....Wink....well they were yesterday!!

Wish I'd known you were out yesterday mate, I was floating around in about 45m North of Waiheke.
Looking at schools of fish scattered everywhere, couldn't snag a bite. No gannets or dolphins to be found, tried everything from creatures to nuc chooks to lucanus, even dirty old pillies and squid. Did the range of spots, Crusoe, Rangi channel and Taka cliffs. 7hrs on the water for 1 gurnard and 1 snapper.Dead
Listening to now casting all day and not one mention of a tsunami warning!

Just as well it never eventuated cause I was holding on to the boat on the ramp at the exact time it was suppose to be here.
]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:20:28 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650118&title=another-tsunami-warning#650118 <![CDATA[Another Tsunami Warning : Goneburger wrote:Awesome...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650108&title=another-tsunami-warning#650108 Author: the croc
Subject: 45794
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 at 2:59pm

Originally posted by Goneburger Goneburger wrote:

Awesome photo's Croc..!!  Bloody scary  though, assume this was a "small surge" coming into beach at Raro and did it kind of stop where it spalshed or just wash around people's ankles in these shots......  otherwise we 'd be looking at dead people walking you'd think....and the camera man.... how'd he keep the camera dry..??  ShockedConfused


Oh na sorry those photos just above were from the Boxing Day Tsunami in Thailand a few years back, no idea who took them. They were just to illustrate what a large tsunami looks like.

This first set of photos were from last week, where it only just stopped short of coming onto land as you can see in the last photo in the set
]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:59:27 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650108&title=another-tsunami-warning#650108 <![CDATA[Another Tsunami Warning : Goneburger wrote:....and...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650072&title=another-tsunami-warning#650072 Author: Finatic
Subject: 45794
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 at 1:26pm

Originally posted by Goneburger Goneburger wrote:

....and the camera man.... how'd he keep the camera dry..??  ShockedConfused

Mega zoom lens as in a space telescopeLOL
]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:26:31 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650072&title=another-tsunami-warning#650072 <![CDATA[Another Tsunami Warning : Awesome photo&#039;s Croc..!!...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650066&title=another-tsunami-warning#650066 Author: Goneburger
Subject: 45794
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 at 1:14pm

Awesome photo's Croc..!!  Bloody scary  though, assume this was a "small surge" coming into beach at Raro and did it kind of stop where it spalshed or just wash around people's ankles in these shots......  otherwise we 'd be looking at dead people walking you'd think....and the camera man.... how'd he keep the camera dry..??  ShockedConfused]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:14:25 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650066&title=another-tsunami-warning#650066 <![CDATA[Another Tsunami Warning : why didn&#039;t you make it then...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650047&title=another-tsunami-warning#650047 Author: Kezza
Subject: 45794
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 at 12:45pm

why didn't you make it then rather than labouring with contradiction and other none sense statements?....i do not think Herby needs to get a better grasp on English.

PS....Tsunamsi make snapper hungry....Wink....well they were yesterday!!
]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:45:26 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650047&title=another-tsunami-warning#650047 <![CDATA[Another Tsunami Warning : the croc wrote: I think the...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650037&title=another-tsunami-warning#650037 Author: kens
Subject: 45794
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 at 12:25pm

Originally posted by the croc the croc wrote:

 

I think the general public are pretty confused about what a tsunami looks like anyway. Blame Hollywood but it's not a large standing wave that crashes directly onto the land. It's normally just a suck back of water and then a large surge.

Thats the point that I was trying to make.]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:25:49 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650037&title=another-tsunami-warning#650037 <![CDATA[Another Tsunami Warning : kens wrote:Seems pretty...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45794&PID=650032&title=another-tsunami-warning#650032 Author: the croc
Subject: 45794
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 at 12:13pm

Originally posted by kens kens wrote:

Seems pretty simple to me, dont stand on the beach during a tsunami warning


I would definitely agree with that. A friend of a friend took the above photos. I was back at the house where I was staying when the above was happening. The trouble was the Rarotonga Tsunami Warning system failed miserably. Two hours after the first reports were coming in about damage in Samoa on the internet the local police were still denying anything was happening at all. We were pretty confused with what to do.

I think the general public are pretty confused about what a tsunami looks like anyway. Blame Hollywood but it's not a large standing wave that crashes directly onto the land. It's normally just a suck back of water and then a large surge.

These photos show it pretty well:

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