Winter came early in New England this year. Cold temperatures and a few inches of snow ended any prospect that Fall temperatures might linger for another few weeks. Early season cold fronts interacted with warmer air from the south and as a result, there was plenty of miserable weather to enjoy. The surf was generally up on the east coast. But I missed most of it. Once the clock moves forward and the days grow shorter I'm not left with many hours of day light to squeeze in a

A nor'easter turned sub-tropical storm stirred up some fun-sized surf in the North Atlantic over the Indigenous Peoples' Day weekend. We don't celebrate that mass-murderer in the state of Massachusetts, but we still get the day off in his honor. This year that day off lined up with rideable waves in Nantasket, and I took full advantage. What started off as an early season cold front pushing out into the Atlantic, quickly became a cock n balls weather event known as Sub-Trop

There is always an increase in surfable days going into September. The tropics start to heat up and the North Atlantic begins to transition out of summer. This is all great for those folks who can spend the days chasing the right tides at the right angled beaches, but for me it's back to work. So barring a few, quick, after-work sessions, I'm probably going to miss it if the waves don't land on a weekend. But this past September, a couple of short-lived tropical swells landed

It figures I had to wait until the last week of summer to get some fun waves. I didn't snap many photos, but I got about 30 rides between last night and today on the east swell. Surf arrived on Monday afternoon and built into Tuesday morning. The broken up wind blown waves of Monday evening were actually more fun to ride than the glassy waves the following morning. The swell was almost directly east so the angle was causing a lot of closeouts. Nonetheless there were plenty of

There's been a consistent pattern of long period swell from the southern hemisphere hitting New England coastlines for the past few weeks. South facing beaches have gotten the brunt of it, but the east facers have seen some traces as well. Did you see how I worked my last name in there? But on the morning of August 8th one of those long period pulses showed up a bit stronger and with more of an eastern angle. This helped Nantasket Beach break the waist high barrier for the fi