Main Beach

Main Beach is an SSE-facing beach break in East Hampton, New York, United States. It picks up swell from E to SSW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 42% 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.

Rare slot: an island gap lets in swell from 72.2° (ENE) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 186 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SSE (165°)

Best swell

SE to SSW (125°–206°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

WNW to NNE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

E to SSW (79° to 213°)

Rare slot

island gap, 72.2° ENE

Offshore wind

NNW

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

Block Island, RI (154) · 89 km away

Cams

3 (2 play here)