Sand Shoal Inlet
Northampton County, Virginia, United States37.294, -75.780Beach break · faces ESE (107°)
Spot guide
Sand Shoal Inlet is an ESE-facing beach break in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. It picks up swell from NE to S, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 42% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the WNW: light winds or WNW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while ESE onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- ESE (107°)
- Best swell
- ENE to SSE (67°–148°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- WSW to NNW offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- NE to S (39° to 172°)
- Offshore wind
- WNW
- Tide
- NOAA station 8631542
- Wave buoy
- Cape Henry, VA (147) · 42 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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