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Atlantic Ideals

A short-period windswell brings epic surf to the Outer Banks

| posted on January 20, 2012

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MD
January 27, 2012 9:52 am

Yes Mark…..only you guys get south wind swells…this showed up the same size from Delmarva north through South Jersey and was actually a little unique in that it moved off south of you guys with moderate SSE fetch as opposed to the typical SSW.

K. Huna
January 26, 2012 6:52 pm

Nova Scotia got this system… Tubes for miles!

Tee Dogg
January 26, 2012 6:48 pm

We got the tail end of that system in the maritimes and it was glassy 4-5ft for 2 days..alotta new sandbars popped up. Still soakin the stoke in!

Megan Gregg
January 24, 2012 7:48 am

If only we would get a swell this pretty in south florida…

Scott
January 23, 2012 1:17 pm

Sick!!! I’m Moving.

Boulder
January 22, 2012 8:21 pm

I surfed Ny 8 winters. I understand. Appears to be windy closeouts.

Mark Newton
January 22, 2012 7:05 pm

We get the best of both worlds!!! North swells and South swells. This spot always barrells hard, just ask Jesse Hines. He broke his leg here. Just another low front. The rest of the east coast would not understand.

Matt
January 22, 2012 3:23 pm

East coast power. Thanks for the session guys.

Brett Barley
January 21, 2012 12:55 pm

also…. Lusk is right, this wasn’t a “late season storm”, just an average south swell. actually, pretty much a weekly storm during La Nina.

Lusk
January 21, 2012 6:43 am

just a lil south windswell..not a late season storm

Crew Hayes
January 20, 2012 8:38 pm

Thanks Brett!!

Greg Siben
January 20, 2012 4:24 pm

Looks far from perfect. donboy is right, you guys are hardcore.

donboy
January 20, 2012 3:20 pm

you guys are hard core

Brett Barley
January 20, 2012 1:51 pm

Photo #9 is Crew Hayes…. Not Ryan.