wind swell and ground swell?

Posted:
Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:01 pm
by johnniejr243
Whats the differance, and which is better?

Posted:
Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:44 pm
by Kabazz
Ground swell is made by winds out at sea blowing on a large space of water, wind swell is by local winds and makes chooppy messy wves
Ground swell is better
Edit: Just read this
http://www.surfline.com/surfline/foreca ... m?id=11933

Posted:
Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:40 pm
by johnniejr243
Awsome thanks for the link!!

Posted:
Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:28 pm
by Sillysausage
windswell is waves that break close together where ground swell has a longer period between each wave and set.