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Live cam streams of the winter storm that s finally moving away from the East Coast
Charlie Hutcherson
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A large and powerful winter storm swallowed the East Coast earlier this week. And while many in the Northeast are still digging out from the heavy snowfall that storm dropped, there’s some good surf around as the storm finally exits. Away from the snow we have another day of quality NW windswell for parts of South Florida, lingering windswell for West Florida and the prospect of rising swell later today for Puerto Rico.
Winter Weather Returns to the East Coast, Caribbean and the Waves Along with It
Overhead waves? Offshore winds? Good conditions? Maybe all three, depending on where you’re at
Sebastian Soto Photo: Babby Quiñones
Charlie Hutcherson
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So far, it’s been a fairly uneventful 2021 in the way of surf for the East Coast and Caribbean. Ever since a strong nor’easter sent pumping barrels to snow-covered beaches back in mid-December, the region’s fallen into a pattern of fun-but-not-quite-pumping surf lacking in size or power or both. Meanwhile, the North Pacific only added insult to injury by blessing West Coast and Hawaii surfers with weeks of nonstop firing surf.
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One of the strongest nor’easters of the past few winters is headed for the Northeast U.S., where residents are starting to suffer whiplash from watching their snow forecasts bounce between inches and feet as the models sort things out. While the National Weather Service tries to get a handle on the first real winter storm of the season, we can be certain of one thing: the storm is going to deliver solid surf to the U.S. East Coast and the Caribbean this week and through the next.
Right about now, you might be wondering, “I thought the East Coast wasn’t supposed to see nor’easters or snowstorms during a warm La Nina winter?” Well, these events can and do still happen during La Nina, they’re just less likely to. So we’re sticking to our guns.