Sorry for the dumb question…does the big NW swell come from Alaska?
It comes from the ocean CBK, Alaska is land.
Seriously it can come from anywhere in the Pacific depending on weather systems.
Hicksy
No dumb ? 's CBK only morons who pretend to have all the answers…Hicksy is right on about swell arriving from all points of the globe, but your hunch about Alaska is also right on as any quick check of U.S. Naval charts, U.S. Weather Service Storm Tracks or any number of surf .coms swell charts will reveal that the vast majority of Northwest swell activity comes from storm activity originating in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea/Strait.