Why does the northeast get better waves than the southeast?

Gotcha, I believe I've experienced this before, you look at it and say "that doesn't look to bad, i'm going for it", then as you are paddling out you start feeling the surge and before you know it you realize sh*t just got real.

 

I kinda wonder if you are right. I have noticed similar phenomena, but then again, when you see Pipeline or Honolua Bay you can tell just by looking at how fast the lip peels, it is breaking really, really fast. I did not see any lulls in that video, that is probably why there was no one out shredding. Or maybe Maine surfers have no sac.

 

If you put someone out there and could see that wave break to scale it might actually be solid double overhead, maybe bigger. What looks like one crumbly section might be 15 to 20 feet long. Throw 2 of those crumbly sections together and you have almost 40 feet of wave face breaking in less than a second. That's pretty fast and might be hard to beat if the wave is kinda round and hard to pump for speed.

 

This is so true. Zero balls.

 

I can say this, if I pulled up and saw those conditions even if there was a lull between sets that would allow me to break through I wouldn't go out. Call me a wimp if you want but experience tells me that on a day like that scary things can happen.

 

same swell in RI:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjUzYMOSTU4

does look a little slow and rolly toward the end...but still got the size.

 

^ yeah ive seen that one from ri thats pretty big to way better shape then the video from Maine, this one is from sandy in ocmd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIaYVim5nsQ

look at 2:41 its probably one of the biggest east coast barrels ive seen.

 

Lots of places on the EC can hold large waves. This is Holden Beach NC during Hurricane Earl swell.

 

wow that's truly remarkable if u watch the before and after.after is a lake.i cant see anyone surfing that without a ski,that whitewash is horrendous would take a good 45 minutes of paddling and probably wouldn't get out past the shorebreak

 

For some reason this video ain't working for me, but if it's of Bill...I surfed it, there was some serious power behind those waves, everytime I wiped out or went under it felt like I was being violently shaken like a ragdoll. I would still say that if anybody has any footage from IRI Northside of Ernesto, that was as good as it gets around here. 15' faces and breaking clean down the line...

Ok, video worked...my post may not be relevant because I am speaking for mid-Atlantic.

I still can't get over the fact that Herlihy and Raven rode those, but that was only possible with a ski...you can even see how even with the momuntem from the ski there's a couple where he still can't get into because of those stiff offshores.

 

Mad props for paddling out in that arctic H2O bro! You know you have my respect.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGOg8XhOBmQ

Here is a cool video of down south as Sandy passed offshore en route to NJ. I like the video from RI as they had the gumption to paddle in. OCMD was a tow in session, and I reckon those were barrels you could drive a truck through. Same with this video. I've surfed it lots bigger there, and paddled into, but Sandy swell had no lulls so a jet ski assist was advisable.

 

Ahhh... The age old soap opera ... Which is better- jersey or fl.... With a few other spots mixed in... Seriously? Again? Everyone knows that jersey got juice... Just some ppl don't want to admit it... Or will agree but throw in the 'but... This spot...'
It's the east coast! Remember?!?!
Ya- we get better and more consistent waves then the south... But the south has got warm water... Take your pick! Cold water gets old after a while...
Can't wait for winter - but I guess I'm going to really miss all the summer pros...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGOg8XhOBmQ

I don't mind giving this up since every one here know about it. As Yogi Berra says: "No one goes there anymore, it's too crowded."

 

that was the same video as before..

 

I am technologically challenged. I meant to send a link to a big day at Reef Road. I'll figure it out over the weekend. Stay tuned.

 

Earl will always be welcome in SENC.

 

You've surfed Pumphouse much bigger than that?

 

They saved the best for last, that barrel was siiiiiiick!

 

When I was a youth, I've paddled in on 15 to 18 foot faces, and when at Reef Road on triple overhead days, sometimes you could see my bro Frog going down 20 + faces. I've seen people (2) helicoptered out of there after not making the left and hitting the jetty. Once on a very big day (15 -18 foot faces) I got sucked across and out the inlet after the wind switched hard out of the north, and saw a 50 foot dive boat sink going out the inlet as it got caught broadside by a 20 foot set. All you could see was the bow pulpit sticking out of the water, as the rest of the boat was tombstoning. Then I was surrounded by bouyancy compensators, heard the divers count off, then I paddled into a double overhead wave at Reef Road to get back into shore, then I paddled back across the inlet to get back home. So, the answer is yes, most definitely bro.