While Australian surfers wait for their cyclone season to begin, the Western Pacific basin has been very active. The latest storm to impact the region is Super Typhoon Francisco and it's expected to push across the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan today.
Rather than the traditional X-Y line graph that can only chart one swell at a time, the Directional Spectra is a 360 degree screen that registers every swell in the water by its direction, its energy, and its period. This represents a significant leap forward. Whereas the line graph could only plot the most dominant swell in the water, the Directional Spectra chronicles multiple swells.
