Surf Check, South Shore, 1/20/19

As a big Nor'easter hit us, we sent shutterbugs out to the beaches to see what was up with Mother Ocean.

It was a snowstorm for many, but we got off the highway in Hingham looking for waves.

...which took us straight to Hull! 

The surf was up in Hull, although we were there about 90 minutes before high tide. It was also pouring, so we shot through the Windows.

From there, we headed into Scituate.

You could spend a whole storm in Scituate and maybe someday we will, but we just headed down the Driftway on Sunday.

Scituate, which isn't that far from Hingham, had much less snow.

Our next stop was Marshfield.

Vegas, like Scituate, has a hundred different places one could watch a storm from, but we sort of town-hop when we do Surf Check. Our coverage, like they say about how history teachers work, is miles wide and inches deep.

The Brant Rock/Ocean Bluff section is great to shoot storms from, because you get the tower in the background... a tower which we managed to obscure.

Green Harbor is also fun to shoot at, because you can use the curve of the beach to sort of get behind the waves... albeit from a great distance.

I don't know if they still call it Burke's Beach, but it's a good spot.

We're in Green Harbor, taking multiple shots of Green Harbor taking multiple shots.

Heading south to Duxbury for the next video...

Duxbury is a must-stop for any storm chaser, because it is where you stand the best chance of seeing a seawall collapse.

This rock wall is a private citizen's work. 

I literally just finished clearing that yard of rocks.

All storms are a little scary, but this one wasn't so bad. The wind was blowing across the waves, instead of behind them.

Duxbury suffered mightily last winter, and residents there are bracing for another winter of storms.

Nor'easter season has a February through April peak.

Most people there don't even consider yard repairs until late April.

...lest another one of these storms arrives.

It could have been worse, as the storm hit during a full moon. It trapped us on Cable Hill for an hour after high tide, Which is why this article doesn't have Plymouth, Bourne, Sandwich and Eastham sections.

The full moon means higher tides, which pushes the marsh water over the road. Try to avoid driving through knee-deep salt water, kids.

Sea ice (technically marsh ice) was pushed across Gurnet Road by the flood tide.

See you for the next storm!