Short Sands_1 Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Maine)

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Short Sands_1 Spot ID:

Type: beach

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell NE | Wind SW

Sea Temperature Today is: 10.6 °C

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Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 03:42 Local time

m, °C	Sun	Monday 20
ft, °F	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Wave (m)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off

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Short Sands_1 in Maine is an exposed beach break that has quite reliable surf. Winter is the optimum time of year for surfing here. The best wind direction is from the southwest. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the northeast. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Rarely crowded here. Beware of rips, rocks and pollution.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Cape Neddick, Maine, 2 miles from Short Sands_1.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
HIGH TIDE
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Short Sands_1 Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At BUOY-44030, 15 km from Short Sands_1.

light winds from the SW

km/h

Air temperature
12.0 °C

Current weather near Short Sands_1

Buoy Data:

At Western Maine Shelf Buoy, 9 miles from Short Sands_1.

	9PM	10PM	11PM	12AM
Data Age	5 hr	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	5	5	6	8

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Overall Short Sands_1 Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Short Sands_1: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Long Sands	1 mi
Second closest break	Ogunquit Rivermouth	5 mi
Third closest break	Maine Beach	6 mi
Fourth closest break	Ogunquit Beach	6 mi
Fifth closest break	Moody Beach	7 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Short Sands_1:
Closest wave buoy	Western Maine Shelf Buoy	9 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Portland Buoy	34 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Stellwagen Buoy	45 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Boston Buoy	57 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Central Maine Shelf Buoy	73 mi
Tide stations nearest to Short Sands_1:
Closest tide station	Cape Neddick	1 mi
Second closest tide station	York Harbor	4 mi
Third closest tide station	Seapoint, Cutts Island	7 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Kittery Point, Portsmouth Harbor	8 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Fort Point, Portsmouth Harbor	9 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Short Sands_1:
Closest ski area	Powderhouse Hill (United States)	11 mi
Second closest ski area	Bradford Ski Area (United States)	34 mi
Third closest ski area	McIntyre Ski Area (United States)	44 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Gunstock (United States)	46 mi
Fifth closest ski area	King Pine (United States)	54 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Short Sands_1:
Closest city location	Dover (United States)	14 mi
Second closest city location	Rochester (United States)	21 mi
Third closest city location	West Scarborough (United States)	29 mi
Fourth closest city location	Haverhill (United States)	37 mi
Fifth closest city location	Gloucester (United States)	39 mi

The closest passenger airport to Short Sands_1 is Portland International Jetport Airport (PWM) in USA, 57 km (35 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Short Sands_1 is Laurence G Hanscom Fld (Bedford) Airport (BED), also in USA, 96 km (60 miles) away.
Third is General Edward Lawrence Logan International (Boston) Airport (BOS) in USA, 96 km (60 miles) away.
Augusta State Airport (AUG) in USA is 143 km (89 miles) away.
North Central State (Smithfield) Airport (SFZ), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Short Sands_1 and is 157 km (98 miles) away.

Short Sands_1 break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Short Sands_1, Maine. Use the tab navigation above to view Short Sands_1 sea temperature, Short Sands_1 photographs, Short Sands_1 detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Short Sands_1 webcams, current wind from Maine live weather stations and Short Sands_1 tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Short Sands_1.

Short Sands_1 Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Maine)

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