Bank Street Beach

Bank Street Beach is an S-facing beach break in Harwich, Massachusetts, United States. It picks up swell from SSW to SW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 91% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the N: light winds or N breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while S onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: an island gap lets in swell from 110.2° (ESE) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 8 km out. How slot swells work

Rare slot: an island gap lets in swell from 163.2° (SSE) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 40 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

S (180°)

Best swell

SSW to SW (207°–221°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NW to NE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSW to SW (207.5° to 225°)

Rare slot

island gap, 110.2° ESE

Rare slot

island gap, 163.2° SSE

Offshore wind

N

Tide

NOAA station 8447506

Wave buoy

NANTUCKET SOUND · 25 km away

Cams

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