north shore is generated by winter storms off Alaska, whilst summer surf on California's beaches originates from storm Centres as far away as the Tasman sea, and puerto Rico's western beaches receive giant surf from winds blowing across the Carbbean all the way from the Texas coast. since Atlantic storms form close inshore, the waves do not have sufficient distance to develop into the large swells that break as surf. On the other side of the Atlantic, off western France and the southern tip of England, the Atlantic swells do not have sufficient fatch and break as surf.