
I’ll admit, it’s been years since I’ve played a skateboarding game, but even so Wave Break immediately felt wrong. There’s barely any time to get used to its weird mechanics. But from the word go, something just felt incredibly off about Wave Break. On paper, this setup sounds like a great twist on the Tony Hawk-style skateboarding gameplay. Perform enough tricks and you build up a meter that enables you to slow down time for a short period and unload your clip onto opponents. Meanwhile, you are also playing against other players and are able to take them out by shooting them with your gun. Wave Break is touted by the developers as a Skateboating game, where you perform tricks, jumps, stunts, grinds, and twists to score points and complete objectives.

Now to be fair, I probably should have done a little bit more digging before I decided to jump on board. Unfortunately, the only thing that broke by the end was me. So I fired up the engine, stepped into my boat, and sailed straight off into Wave Break. My curiosity was peaked, especially when flashes of gunfights on boats were also shown. During a performance from the band Weezer, this weird ‘90s neon colored Wave Race-like game popped up in the background. When predicting waves for a surf spot it is an important factor to take into account.Honestly, Wave Break wasn’t really on my radar until last week’s Summer Games Fest. Other spots work better with upcoming and high tide. Some spots expose a reef when it is low tide making it unsurfable. Tides increase or decrease the sea level and is an important factor in the rideability of the waves. They are a joy to surf but if you wipe out in a bad spot they can be dangerous. They are consistent in wave shape and peak location. Reef breaks are waves that break on coral reef or rock seabed. Some of the best spots in the world are point breaks like Snapper Rocks in Australia or J-Bay in South Africa. The swell wraps around these points creating perfect waves. 4 POINT BREAKĪ point break is a wave that breaks on a section of land, usually rocks that juts out from shore.

The conditions can change from day to day as the sand shifts around. The sandy bottom is a better choice for beginners. If you want to predict waves for your own spot make sure you know the its best angle for swell and wind. While some spots work well on a north swell, others are best with a west swell and offshore winds from the east. 2 SWELL DIRECTIONĮach break has its own best swell direction.

A swell unleashing its energy on a reef from deep water will create a larger and more hollow wave than the same sized swell moving up a gently sloping sandy beach. The wave breaks when the top of the wave overtakes the bottom. The wave energy below the surface is pushed upwards causing the waves to increase in size.

When a wave approaches the shore its bottom energy begins to drag across the ocean floor and slows down. When predicting waves for your own surf spot these factors should be taken into account: 1 SLOPE OF SEA FLOOR The bottom contour near the shore determines if the breaking wave will be good, big, small, hollow, slow or fast. The shape of the bottom of the ocean plays also a huge role in how waves break. The speed, duration and fetch of the wind determine the height of the wave but there are many different other factors that determine the rideability of the waves. As discussed in our previous article wind is the most important factor in creating waves.
