SwellInfo vs Surfline

well...that's a narrative of the meteorology...there is an ocean storm up near Newfoundland that is forecast to push some ENE swell back, and there is some interaction between tropical activity and Bermuda High pointing some fetch at the Mid Atlantic from the SE. Surfline gives you that, and SI gives you other things...

Why do you need one "go to" site for forecasting? You will always be better off taking advantage of the numerous tools that are out there, seeing which ones work for your spots in different conditions, and blending it all together into your own assessment of the situation.

 

SI has all the data points in one spot for you to decipher yourself dawg

I will say I'm expecting my favorite New Jerseyian wave will be alive tomorrow

Just stay in Belamr though...that's where all the rippaz surf anyways bruh

 

average joe, that is proprietary info and shouldn't be re-posted without surfline's consent

 

Go to beach look at waves. Never leave Belmar. You're welcome

 

What Mitchell said, actually.

And, stay in Belmar by all means.

 

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My "go to tool" is barrycuda. He knows everything.

Seriously, don't over think it go to the beach and check visually. Can't tell you how many times I've caught fun waves practically empty because the report was off. Does Belmar have surf cams?

 

Surfline = West Coast
Swellinfo = East Coast

When in doubt check the buoys, tides and local winds. That's all the info you'll ever need

 

Thank you, so is yours.

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WBF! I likey.

 

I'm not sure you really can....SI and SL are basically swell forecasting sites, not places to get meteorological data.

If you really want to assess the meteorology, and come to your own conclusions about fetch, start here for the buoy data:

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/rmd.shtml

and here for the ocean wind and swell models:

http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/viewer.shtml?-multi_1-latest-hs-NW_atlantic-

If you poke around in the second link, you can find wind maps which pretty clearly show the North Atlantic fetch (IMO really far out and not very potent looking) pointed back towards us that surfline is talking about:

 

So, should I surf in the morning or not? lol

 

Definitely....the only question is where....with a full moon high tide at 8 a.m. but west wind, and onshore wind predicted to come up by noon.

 

Dudebrah, you're from Belmar. What did you expect? Try dabuh.com for the real scoop.

 

Hhhmm, decisions, decisions

 

Dang Mitchell giving the tricks of the trade on this here surf predictin' website

Hey can you take my pictures Mitchell...make me look all pretty like the French girls Mitchell

Nah but in all seriousness Mitchell is probably the raddest or baddest dude on here

Get on that mid tide hustle bruhs

 

Both sites suck, frankly. Little difference between the two. One is usually wrong on one forecast, the other is usually wrong on the other forecast.
Go to NOAA. Use their data to your location to the best of your interpretive skills. You will then be wiser, more knowledgeable than 99.9% of the moronic surfers you hang out with. They will revere you as a god, simply because they are such morons!!! Go for it!!

 

Check surfline, check swellinfo, check magicseaweed. Drive to beach. Check surf. Repeat.

Boom, you've just found the most accurate prediction site.