For those that will listen, and want to learn,  when going to the coast for a walk along the beach whether it be in the summer or winter, especially winter as the SWELL is always much larger, and there are more ROGUE Waves,  there are several weather sites you can go to on the computer and check  out not only what the surf is doing, but what the swell, wind speed, swell duration,  wind direction, tide changes, air temp. numbers are.    I use these weather sites and start tracking the weather  several days ahead of time when I am planning a fishing trip.  There are open ocean weather buoys that report live weather, out to 10, 20, 30 miles out.    Planning a walk on the beach?   Go when the tide is going out, because of the gravitational pull the water is receding to the west, you have more beach to walk on and there are less ROGUE Waves.  You still have to be extremely cautious.  

https://www.wunderground.com/

http://forecasts.surfingmagazine.com/

 https://saltwatertides.com/

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