higher risk in a storm due to the undiminished effects of the wind and waves. Numerous shipwrecks are caused when vessels are driven into a lee shore. Because of this, it is always preferable to travel along a windward shore, especially in inclement weather. A windward shore will have significantly lower waves and slower winds, because they will have been slowed by passage over the land, but a windward shore does have its dangers, being subject to storm surge.

Dangers of a weather shore