Pemaquid Beach

Pemaquid Beach is an SSE-facing beach break in New Harbor, Maine, United States. It picks up swell from ESE to S, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 68% 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 100.2° (E) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 316 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SSE (163°)

Best swell

ESE to S (123°–188°), 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 S (121° to 187.5°)

Rare slot

island gap, 100.2° E

Offshore wind

NNW

Tide

NOAA station 8416796

Wave buoy

PORTLAND - 12 NM Southeast of Portland,ME · 62 km away

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