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South Shore Beach Seasonal Surf Averages
Swell Consistency and Wind Overview
This graph shows the percentage of days that had a ridable wind swell (7 seconds period or more) or groundswell (10 seconds period or more) of over 3ft. It also shows the dominant wind direction. Not all of these days will neccessarily give great surf, and very short lived wind swells or longer period secondary swells may produce surf not recorded, but it gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend and a rough guide to the chances of scoring something ridable.
Monthly Overview
Understanding this DataThese swell averages are calculated ONLY on swells of more than 7 seconds period. This means this is the average height of a swell that's likely to produce ridable surf NOT an average of every wave heading toward the beach in a month. Likewise the period is the average period OVER 7 seconds. There will be days that have short period wind swells that won't produce and ridable swell and these are excluded from the averages. The consistency figure gives the percentage of days that meet this condition. For example if the consistency is 50% you could expect the 'average' swell for about 15 days in the month. Of course an average tells only part of the story. A combination of very large and very small swells may produce the same average as a consistent medium sized swell. |
Monthly DataJanuaryFebruary March April May June July August September October November December Nearby Spots1st Beach (Eastons Beach)Ruggles Bailey's Beach Elbow Ledge Narragansett Beach Monahan's Dock Lighthouse (Point Judith) K38/39 Squibnocket Matunuck Lucy Vincent Abels Hill Long Point Breachway Block Island East Beach South Beach State Park Weekapaug Plymouth Beach Misquamicut Green Harbor Scituate Nantasket Beach Turtle Cove North Bar Ditch Plains Fortress Atlantic Terrace Nahant Georgica (East Hampton) Cape Cod Cape Ann New England Hurricane Salisbury Seabrook Beach Hampton Beach The Wall Flies Costellos Linkys Rye Rocks Jenness Beach Long Sands Cupsogue Short Sands Ogunquit River Mastic Beach Fire Island Wells Beach Kennebunk Beach Fortunes Rocks Old Orchard Beach Scarborough Beach Higgins Beach Robert Moses State Park Jones Beach State Park Tobay Beach Popham Beach Lido Beach Long Beach Rockaway The Cove Monmouth Beach Deal Asbury Park Avon Belmar Manasquan Jenkinsons Casino Pier |