apologies re: 1/1/08 prediction

Regarding the 1/1/08 prediction, or lack thereof…

My apologies for not picking up on the New Year’s Day swell, which turned out to be bigger and better than expected. When I penned the 12/31/07 prediction, I was looking at the current leftover swell running and the long-term outlook, but completely missed the near-term swell event. I also had a crazy amount of family commitments I was wading through and was not able to devote much time that morning to studying the models. I consider this my first significant screw-up in almost 4 years doing this. While on the surface that is a respectable success-to-failure ratio, I am still not happy about it and I apologize to anyone who missed out on yesterday’s swell due to this and will assure you that the likelihood of that happening again is even lower than before.

I would like to remind users of this prediction page that I encourage you to look at other prediction sites as well. I have always intended my predictions to be in addition to, and not a substitute for, the other wave-predicting resources and wave prediction webpages out there. Why limit yourself and put all your eggs in one basket? Read them all, compare and contrast, and come away with a better idea of what should happen wave-wise.

Sincerely,
Sak