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Sea conditions after a front passes -- any real world experiences?

When you are out in the open as a storm hits you, I can understand that the sea state can get very large, with wind waves on top of pre-existing swells.

What is it like once the front has passed? Does the shift in wind associated with frontal passage result in higher waves due to the wind being against the waves? Or it is more a confused sea which is not as bad as what you just went through in the storm?
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