October 16, 2009 - There's a powerful nor'easter today. The waves are big and out of control with chunks of foam blowing off the tops of them. These conditions are what surfers call "Victory at Sea." The expression comes from a NBC TV series that aired in the 1950's about the Navy during WWII. Here's a clip from Episode 1, Part 1. WARNING: If you are prone to seasickness you may get queasy watching parts of this (around the 5 minute mark):

Click for larger image August 28, 2009 - Tropical Storm Danny is now off the coast of Georgia moving NNW at 9 mph. Sustained winds have diminished since yesterday and are now blowing at 40 mph. It looks like Danny will not reach hurricane status. The storm is forecast to pass close to Cape Cod and Nantucket Saturday afternoon, delivering heavy rain and sustained winds of 30 mph.

August 27, 2009 - Tropical Storm Danny is now off the coast of Florida heading NW at 10 mph. Danny has sustained winds of 60 mph. The National Hurricane Center forecasts that Danny will become a hurricane and pass close to Cape Cod on Saturday. Cape Cod is well within the 1-3 forecast cone and could be hit directly.

Beaches will essentially disappear at high tide this afternoon
Atlantic facing beaches closed/closing/limiting access

August 22, 2009, 9:30am - Hurricane Bill is passing the coast of North Carolina and is moving north at 22 mph with sustained winds of 105 mph. 6' swell from the hurricane is hitting Cape Cod beaches during this morning's low tide. At high tide this afternoon the waves should be 8-10'. Nantucket buoy shows 8.5' swell with a 14 second period as of 8:50am. Atlantic facing beaches on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are closed, closing or limiting access. During today's high tide the waves will be hitting dunes, cliffs and stairways that access the beaches and the beaches will essentially disappear for a few hours. Serious erosion is likely.