In this photo released by the US Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Findley, a crewman at Coast Guard Station Merrimack River, watches the surf while aboard a 14.3-metre life boat during surf training on the bar of the Merrimack River, on October 29.
Recent storms in the area provided the crew with 2.4 to three-metre breaking surf, which helped prepare them for responding to actual emergencies on the bar.
