Squibnocket Beach

Squibnocket Beach is an SSE-facing beach break in Chilmark, Massachusetts, United States. It picks up swell from E to SW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 47% 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 75.8° (ENE) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 62 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SSE (164°)

Best swell

SE to SSW (124°–205°), 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 SW (95° to 215.5°)

Rare slot

island gap, 75.8° ENE

Offshore wind

NNW

Tide

NOAA station 8448875

Wave buoy

Buzzards Bay, MA (260) · 22 km away

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