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While we watch the Atlantic hurricane season wheeze to a close, the Pacific continues to be a fearsome storm factory. 
Comments
Hello,
My question is in regards to super typhoon Nida. Being a surfer I'm very interested in the swell being generated by this storm.
It's been mentioned that the storm is producing 44-foot waves. 1. is that wave height being pushed in an easterly direction? 2. It would seem to me that this super typhoon is larger and has sustained a longer period of intensity than we have seen in many years. Are my thought correct? 3. Last but not least
what would you predict the height to be at 1- Mavericks(Half Moon Bay, Ca.) and
2. Cortes Bank( 106 miles W/ of Point Loma Ca.). Thank you.
FR: I haven't got a clue. Seems like a helluva long way from Saipan to California. Readers? Surfers?
Posted by: Arthur Scheele | November 28, 2009 5:14 PM
Nida is tracking north/northwest. Not the right direction for big winter swell on the west coast. Look for big north swells from the Aleutian (sp) storms or the Pineapple Express from the South Pacific to crank up Todos Santos, Cortes Bank, Mavs and other West Coast big wave spots.
Posted by: jg | November 28, 2009 10:35 PM