Everybody loves a little bit of sensationalism, especially when the majority of news starts becoming rather bland and repetitive. Take for example the way The Sun headlined this piece: “Disaster as moon closes in” – awesome vibe. Fact is though, that no disaster should technically happen and surfers should actually be getting amped for a mission, bru.

The so called “super moon” that will be appearing in a sky above you on Saturday the 19^th of March 2011 is but a hoax, of sorts.

Our beloved moon is set to pass just 356 577 kilometres away from us here on earth, making it the closest passing in 18 years.

This has obviously caused all kinds of fracas in the media and amongst the panicky out there. Some envisage tsunamis and others another stock market collapse.

Basically the term “super moon” refers to an occurrence of an unusually large moon. It’s the result of the moons close orbital proximity to earth.

Luckily no scientific proof exists that predicts anything too hectique will actually happen, but it will undeniably have an influence on the tides.

Hence the reason for giving all the wave riders out there a little heads-up, as it were. If you know a spot that likes a healthy high tide or an extreme low tide, have a little look at Wavescape to check how the conditions are shaping up next week. Low is in the morning.

Even if there aren’t any waves, this will still be pretty sick to check out. Moonrise will be at about 18:30pm in the Cape Town area.

It’s a pleasure.

[Source: TheWeek]