Hurricane VS Noreasters

I'll take either, but canes can still do this... ...

 

its part of the weather pattern?!
there is always the cleanup, noreaters* don't fade away, the wind switches after they pass and the residual NORTHEAST** swell continues into the grooming winds

*please update SI dictionary
nor eaters= storms and eating Norwegian box

** sometimes its more of an E swell due to Ekman spiral, google it

 

This is a tough question. I mean, I have caught really epic outer banks from both. The point has been made that it really depends on the position of the Low relative to the coast.

Nor'easters pop off the coast of Carolina sometimes (and are called Nor'easter as long as I can remember) and they can move up the NE and pop off NH. Regardless, the winds are out of the NE (hence da name) and will typically create good swell for the mid-atlantic coast. The key is what is happening behind it. Some will persist with a Northerly flow for days...which sux and some will have SW winds right after and you get a couple of days of fun surf. peakey bowley a frames or long lefts depending on any other combo swells in the water and where the storm popped of.

Cane surf, again depending on the relation to the coast and the life of the storm....you can get really, really good barreling surf. Longer period sometimes works but will sometime get walled out and shut down.

I would say it is all relative. I have surfed epic surf in both. Crowds aren't really a factor since at head high or bigger the line up thins out significantly. My boyz and I almost always find an uncrowded sandbar in either conditions.

Right now I would take either one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

looks like we have minor NE wind event brewing in the long run... week or so out...

 

yup...be interesting to see how that and #9 interact...if at all.

 

tru dat on NEs and Wawa Chavez! could use one of those days

 

You really need to pick up a book on storms, or even look outside during a noreaster for that matter.
The northeast onshore winds produce the swell, but they are almost always followed by an offshore west wind on the back end which cleans up the surf, which is when most people surf noreasters.

 

By then the storm has passed--it is no longer a noreaster. The defining winds are gone.
When people actually surf it, is irrelevant.

 

o barry

but that's like if a tree falls in the woods bs...the waves are residual bits of energy from said norse cunilingus, therefore the swell should be attributed to it.

I hope you still love me

 

Passionately

 

yewww barry

 

Are we talking about when is it best to fly a kite or surf?

 

when its best to eat norse box

 

[video=vimeo;136068608]https://vimeo.com/136068608[/video]

 

hurricanes don't work well in nj because the period is too long,just closes out.we don't have the beaches that can handle a long period swell.

noreasters,I consider any low pressure heading our way from the Midwest is a noreater.its usually onshore for a few hours,then the wind switches and its aun!!!

 

most spots don't handle the long period energy very good and the surf is typically walled so i vote noreaster.

 

It's interesting how different things work in the Pacific (more specifically in hawaii). Many hurricanes can be churning right down the road from us and not produce any surf.. (or rather, not send any surf in our direction)

Anyway, living in Hawaii I'm obviously going to say that I prefer cold fronts of winter time! Although the south Pacific has been exceptionally active this summer providing for a summer that was almost as good as any winter!

But on the east coast I preferred hurricane swells when they came, but since noreasters are a more common source of surf I would much rather be in winter time

 

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