Hero Beach
Minturn, Maine, United States44.133, -68.412Beach break · faces SSE (160°)
Spot guide
Hero Beach is an SSE-facing beach break in Minturn, Maine, United States. It picks up swell from ESE to SSW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 59% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNW: light winds or NNW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSE onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- SSE (160°)
- Best swell
- ESE to SSW (120°–201°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- WNW to NNE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- ESE to SSW (108° to 202.5°)
- Offshore wind
- NNW
- Tide
- NOAA station 8414249
- Wave buoy
- PORTLAND - 12 NM Southeast of Portland,ME · 154 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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