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Plaice Cove in New Hampshire is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the west. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the east northeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. Good surf at all stages of the tide. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Beware of rocks,.

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Overall Plaice Cove Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Use this relief map to navigate to United-States - New Hampshire surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Plaice Cove

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Plaice Cove:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Costellos	0 mi
Second closest break	Fox Hill Point	1 mi
Third closest break	Linkys	1 mi
Fourth closest break	The Wall_1	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Hampton Beach	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Plaice Cove:
Closest wave buoy	Western Maine Shelf Buoy	24 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Stellwagen Buoy	32 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Boston Buoy	42 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Portland Buoy	52 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Gulf of Maine Buoy	85 mi
Tide stations nearest to Plaice Cove:
Closest tide station	Hampton Harbor, New Hampshire	4 mi
Second closest tide station	Jaffrey Point, Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire	8 mi
Third closest tide station	Gosport Harbor, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire	9 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Jaffrey Point, Portsmouth Harbor, Maine	9 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Fort Point, Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire	9 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Plaice Cove:
Closest ski area	Nashoba Valley (United States)	40 mi
Second closest ski area	Gunstock (United States)	50 mi
Third closest ski area	Pats Peak (United States)	53 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Crotched Mountain (United States)	57 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ski Ward Ski Area (United States)	64 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Plaice Cove:
Closest city location	Hampton (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	North Hampton (United States)	3 mi
Third closest city location	Hampton Falls (United States)	4 mi
Fourth closest city location	Rye (United States)	4 mi
Fifth closest city location	Seabrook (United States)	6 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Plaice Cove is Laurence G Hanscom Fld (Bedford) Airport (BED) in USA, 67 km (42 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Plaice Cove is General Edward Lawrence Logan International (Boston) Airport (BOS), also in USA, 67 km (42 miles) away.
• Third is Portland International Jetport Airport (PWM) in USA, 87 km (54 miles) away.
• North Central State (Smithfield) Airport (SFZ) in USA is 128 km (80 miles) away.
• Otis Angb (Falmouth) Airport (FMH), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Plaice Cove and is 145 km (90 miles) away.