Niles Beach
Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States42.592, -70.647Beach break · faces SE (125°)
Spot guide
Niles Beach is an SE-facing beach break in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. It picks up swell from ENE to SE, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 71% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NW: light winds or NW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SE onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- SE (125°)
- Best swell
- E to SE (85°–142°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- W to N offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- ENE to SE (75.5° to 142°)
- Offshore wind
- NW
- Tide
- NOAA station 8441841
- Wave buoy
- BOSTON 16 NM East of Boston, MA · 27 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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