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Message: [QUOTE="8893, post: 1786248, member: 93"] I'm not sure of exactly what topographical features cause it, but after studying the wave patterns there for many hours at many different times of day over the past ten years or so, I believe there are three different types of wave sets that hit that beach: one from the east; one from the west; and one that comes right down the middle between the two. At different times of the day, either the east or west sets will be better than the other, and the less-frequent middle set is always the most powerful, as it seems to occur when both sets meet and join forces. Obviously the weather is a huge factor, and there are always surfers around when storms are around. I have been told that Green Hill Point, which is just to the east of Green Hill Beach, helps protect the beach and create a good break for the surf. Some years we have had very few good wave days and some years we've had six out of seven be great wave days. Usually we get some great days and some okay days, but even within the same day the wave patterns seem to change dramatically at times there. I don't surf, but I boogie board pretty aggressively and I've had to upgrade my board because the cheaper ones got demolished in the heavier surf there several years ago. The surfers always seem to know when there will be good waves there, and for some reason it has usually tended to be either very early or very late in the day. I always head straight to the beach first thing in the morning to set up camp and then read, drink coffee and chill there for an hour or so before heading home to rouse the troops, so I've been able to observe a lot of the surfers' habits there. There have been a few days over the years when the surf was too big for me to venture out on the boogie board; but I have enjoyed watching some of the best surfing on those days. I know some surfers in CT who surf frequently in RI and they are very famil.iar with the spot, but the parking issues make it one that is difficult for CT surfers to access, because the local surfers beat them to the handful of parking spaces. When the surf is really up, you will see surfers waiting down the road with their cars idling, waiting to pounce on a parking spot as soon as it opens up. [/QUOTE]

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