Types of swell
In our penultimate article on surfing and the weather we will look at windswell and wave periods in relation to your local beach.
There are 2 main types of swell you will be intereseted in undertsanding as a surfer; groundswell and locally created windswell.
Windswell
Locally created windswell is pretty much as you’d expect; it is waves that [...]
8 weeks till France surf trip
Its only 8 weeks to go till our next surf holiday!
We will be driving the minibus down from Newquay to Portsmouth on the 7th September. We cross the English Channel to Le Havre by ferry. We then drive down to Seignosse near Hossegor in South West France The journey is about 700 miles!
It’s very picturesque, passing through some amazing [...]




