Skill Level: From intermediate to advanced. Wave Type: Various beach breaks. Boulder reef/rivermouth at the southern end. Best Swell Direction: E. Best Wind Direction: NW to SSW. Best Tide: Mostly low (incoming), but its a long beach, check your options. Swell Direction Range: NE to E. Surfable Break Size: Waist plus. Bottom Type: Mostly sand. Boulders at the end.
Comments: The long beach can have some nice breaks depending on how the sandbars form. They opened the beaches to surfers recently. At the South end of the National Wildlife Refuge (facing Crane’s Beach) the is a rock bottom break has good topography but rarely sees the size and direction surf necessary to make it work (see satellite image). It can be a great but eerily isolated spot in the Fall and Winter. Note: get there really early in the summer months because the parking fills up extremely quickly. The beach is closed during the late spring for Piping Plover nesting season (usually ends late July). Hazards: Isolated spot in the winter. Localism: None. Parking: Lots at $5 to $12 that fill up quickly.