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Brutal Off-Shore Wind, Matanuck-Deep Hole

11:19 am 31 Oct 2008


Good Harbor Beach ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 1.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Good Harbor Beach Surf Forecast / USA

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 07 am Monday 04 Jun 2012

Good Harbor Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 2.2
ENE
2.0
ENE
1.5
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0.8
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Period (s) (?) 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 12 12 11 11 9 11 10 10 10
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 749 617 331 250 155 74 38 24 16 13 13 13 12 12 11 10 10 10
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE 20
NNE 15
NNE 20
NNE 10
E 10
SW 5
SSE 15
SSE 0
NW 10
SSE 20
S 20
SW 15
WNW 5
E 15
SW 5
SE 10
SE 10
NE
Wind State (?) cross-
off
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glass cross-
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cross on on cross
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Good Harbor Beach blow from the NW
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:34PM
2.94

12:46AM
3.40
1:28PM
2.93

1:39AM
3.32

2:22PM
2.90
2:34AM
3.19

3:16PM
2.84
3:29AM
3.03

4:10PM
2.78
4:25AM
2.85

5:04PM
2.72

Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:17AM
-0.56
6:30PM
-0.20

7:10AM
-0.54
7:23PM
-0.16

8:02AM
-0.46

8:16PM
-0.09
8:54AM
-0.34

9:11PM
0.01
9:46AM
-0.19

10:07PM
0.13
10:39AM
-0.03


 

Note: the tide data above is for Gloucester Harbor (Ten Pound Island), Massachusetts which is 3 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Good Harbor Beach. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Good Harbor Beach sea temperature is 16.0 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 12.4 max: 14.5 min: 10.5 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Mon morning, light winds from the E by Wed afternoon). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm air temperatures (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.
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Summary light rain rain shwrs some clouds clear clear clear rain shwrs rain shwrs clear clear clear clear clear rain shwrs some clouds rain shwrs rain shwrs clear
Rain (mm) 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - - 1 - 1 1 -
High °C 11 13 13 13 14 13 15 16 16 17 19 18 21 23 20 20 22 20
Low °C 10 12 10 11 14 11 12 16 14 15 19 14 16 23 18 18 22 17
Chill °C (?) 8 11 11 11 13 12 15 15 15 17 19 17 21 23 20 20 22 20
Sunrise 5:05 - - 5:05 - - 5:05 - - 5:05 - - 5:03 - - 5:03 - -
Sunset - 20:16 - - 20:16 - - 20:17 - - 20:17 - - 20:19 - - 20:20 -
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Good Harbor Beach is 4 km (2 miles) from Gloucester. If you plan a vacation in Massachusetts, look for hotels and other accommodation in Gloucester. Gloucester has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.