How does pressure make waves better for surfing?

I hear low pressure systems are good for surfing. What does that mean? How does a lower pressure system better conditions for surfing?|||Low pressure systems, or storms, cause a vacuum-like effect on the ocean beneath them. They literally lift up the ocean water as they move across the water. So when these waves eventually hit land, they make bigger waves which surfers love. Other than high pressue creating nice warm weather to surf in, the only time I've ever heard of high pressure creating good surfing conditions is here in here on the West Coast, So Cal.....my friends that surf say that an off shore wind from the east(which means there is high pressure in our area) is great for surfing because it slows the waves down and makes them less tubular which my buds seem to like.|||This guy's got it quite wrong, hell he doesn't even surf! In very basic terms, low pressure systems are areas of strong winds. Wind blowing on the waters surface creates small waves (try blowing on the water in the bath), and the stronger and longer the wind blows, the bigger the waves....

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