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Richardson Beach in Lake Ontario is an exposed beach break that has pretty consitent surf Offshore winds blow from the north northeast. The location means that groundswells are unknown and the ideal wave direction is from the southwest. The beach break provides left and right handers. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Take care of the strong rips here.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Canada - Lake Ontario surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Richardson Beach

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Richardson Beach:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Wolfe Island	7 mi
Second closest break	Stony Point	29 mi
Third closest break	Southwick Beach State Park	37 mi
Fourth closest break	Sandbanks Provincial Park	48 mi
Fifth closest break	Selkirk	50 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Richardson Beach:
Closest wave buoy	Prince Edward Point Buoy	33 mi
Second closest wave buoy	South Georgian Bay Buoy	206 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Georgian Bay Buoy	236 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Western Long Island Sound Buoy	273 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Southern Lake Huron Buoy	280 mi
Tide stations nearest to Richardson Beach:
Closest tide station	Troy, Hudson River, New York	178 mi
Second closest tide station	Albany, Hudson River, New York	180 mi
Third closest tide station	Albany, New York	180 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Castleton, Hudson River, New York	183 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Castleton-on-Hudson, Hudson River, New York	183 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Richardson Beach:
Closest ski area	Dry Hill Ski Area (United States)	38 mi
Second closest ski area	Snow Ridge (United States)	71 mi
Third closest ski area	Calabogie (Canada)	72 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Pakenham (Canada)	78 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Brantling Ski Slopes (United States)	78 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Richardson Beach:
Closest city location	Kingston (Canada)	4 mi
Second closest city location	Greater Napanee (Canada)	18 mi
Third closest city location	Gananoque (Canada)	22 mi
Fourth closest city location	Deseronto (Canada)	23 mi
Fifth closest city location	Clayton (United States)	25 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Richardson Beach is Kingston Airport (YGK) in Canada, 1 km (1 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Richardson Beach is Watertown International Airport (ART) in USA, 52 km (32 miles) away.
• Third is Wheeler Sack Aaf (Fort Drum) Airport (GTB) in USA, 72 km (45 miles) away.
• Trenton Airport (YTR) in Canada is 76 km (47 miles) away.
• Ogdensburg International Airport (OGS) in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Richardson Beach and is 102 km (63 miles) away.