breaking left/right

[niallhills]

Ive never in my 5 years understood this, because ive never asked, but when is a wave breaking left and when is it breaking right? it may sound stupid, but ive never really wondered before now, so never asked

[RJD]

Basicaly which way you put the bottom turn in.

So if you turn left its a left - so the opposite usualy of what it is from the shore,

[Sillysausage]

it's your left or right when you're facing the beach from the sea

[parrysurf]

it's your left or right when you're facing the beach from the sea

ding ding....right answer

[niallhills]

rite ok, two different answers, but il take the majority vote!
thanks guys.

[RJD]

no same answer.

its how the wave breaks when in the ocean facing the shore. same way you usualy put the bottom turn in.

[perusurf]

if you're looking directly at the wave from the shore and you see it breaking towards the right then it's a left, and viseversa, so, if you're about to catch that same wave and you're facing the shore then you see it breaking to your left hand side.
better yet here's a couple of pictures

left.....



right




got it???


by the way, both waves are in Lima, Peru.