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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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DanWeiss wrote: | Further, on Martha's Vineyard:
Tashmoo, great in SW winds and ebb tide. Easy access to offshore sand bar called Middle Ground for standing waves and huge chop. Strong tidal current.
Little Bridge @ State Beach, SW and NW. Classic offshore, flat water location with very clean wind.
Big Bridge @ State Beach, especially great in NE winds as the huge fetch creates rideable waves across 1/4 mile length of sand bar.
Katama (right fork), SW is best, advanced and experts only. Quick drop-off from beach means very challenging launch through pounding shorebreak and strong current. Sand bars at different depths and angles create a wild set of waves, many good for huge air and most great for down the line riding, albeit slightly onshore. Wave heights can reach well over mast high after a few hours of high SW wind. Hurricane swells can bring 20 ft faces and many closeout sets making for expert to pro-level conditions, if that.
Squibnocket Beach, NW, SW, NE. Right-breaking point wave, will resist closeout until about 15 ft. True down-the-line sailing with moderate shorebreak. Rocks near beach, and wave breaks on rock reef. NW is dead offshore when launching becoming nearly side-off when in the break. SW is side-on. NE pure side shore, but front-side bottom turns move toward peak and can force less skilled sailors into a corner between the rocky point and rock-strewn beach. Still, a very accessible launch in moderate conditions. Beach restricted to residents 8:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Memorial Day through Labor Day, although not always enforced in very stormy conditions. Otherwise, open to all year round.
Lobsterville Beach, NW only. Side-shore to side-on. Very big ramps for port tack jumping and riding.
Menemsha Beach. SW, NW best. Sand launch, watch for heavy boat traffic. SW creates fairly mellow conditions until about 1/2 offshore when large, rolling swell offer huge air and great swell riding -especially in strong ebb tide. NW offers side-shore wind and starboard jumps all the way to the beach. Wind swell is more steep in NW regardless of tidal current. |
and Nantucket is even better |
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rationalnational
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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DanWeiss wrote: | Further, on Martha's Vineyard:
Tashmoo, great in SW winds and ebb tide. Easy access to offshore sand bar called Middle Ground for standing waves and huge chop. Strong tidal current.
Little Bridge @ State Beach, SW and NW. Classic offshore, flat water location with very clean wind.
Big Bridge @ State Beach, especially great in NE winds as the huge fetch creates rideable waves across 1/4 mile length of sand bar.
Katama (right fork), SW is best, advanced and experts only. Quick drop-off from beach means very challenging launch through pounding shorebreak and strong current. Sand bars at different depths and angles create a wild set of waves, many good for huge air and most great for down the line riding, albeit slightly onshore. Wave heights can reach well over mast high after a few hours of high SW wind. Hurricane swells can bring 20 ft faces and many closeout sets making for expert to pro-level conditions, if that.
Squibnocket Beach, NW, SW, NE. Right-breaking point wave, will resist closeout until about 15 ft. True down-the-line sailing with moderate shorebreak. Rocks near beach, and wave breaks on rock reef. NW is dead offshore when launching becoming nearly side-off when in the break. SW is side-on. NE pure side shore, but front-side bottom turns move toward peak and can force less skilled sailors into a corner between the rocky point and rock-strewn beach. Still, a very accessible launch in moderate conditions. Beach restricted to residents 8:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Memorial Day through Labor Day, although not always enforced in very stormy conditions. Otherwise, open to all year round.
Lobsterville Beach, NW only. Side-shore to side-on. Very big ramps for port tack jumping and riding.
Menemsha Beach. SW, NW best. Sand launch, watch for heavy boat traffic. SW creates fairly mellow conditions until about 1/2 offshore when large, rolling swell offer huge air and great swell riding -especially in strong ebb tide. NW offers side-shore wind and starboard jumps all the way to the beach. Wind swell is more steep in NW regardless of tidal current. |
and Nantucket is even better |
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DanWeiss
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:51 am Post subject: |
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rationalnational wrote: | DanWeiss wrote: | Further, on Martha's Vineyard:
Tashmoo, great in SW winds and ebb tide. Easy access to offshore sand bar called Middle Ground for standing waves and huge chop. Strong tidal current.
Little Bridge @ State Beach, SW and NW. Classic offshore, flat water location with very clean wind.
Big Bridge @ State Beach, especially great in NE winds as the huge fetch creates rideable waves across 1/4 mile length of sand bar.
Katama (right fork), SW is best, advanced and experts only. Quick drop-off from beach means very challenging launch through pounding shorebreak and strong current. Sand bars at different depths and angles create a wild set of waves, many good for huge air and most great for down the line riding, albeit slightly onshore. Wave heights can reach well over mast high after a few hours of high SW wind. Hurricane swells can bring 20 ft faces and many closeout sets making for expert to pro-level conditions, if that.
Squibnocket Beach, NW, SW, NE. Right-breaking point wave, will resist closeout until about 15 ft. True down-the-line sailing with moderate shorebreak. Rocks near beach, and wave breaks on rock reef. NW is dead offshore when launching becoming nearly side-off when in the break. SW is side-on. NE pure side shore, but front-side bottom turns move toward peak and can force less skilled sailors into a corner between the rocky point and rock-strewn beach. Still, a very accessible launch in moderate conditions. Beach restricted to residents 8:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Memorial Day through Labor Day, although not always enforced in very stormy conditions. Otherwise, open to all year round.
Lobsterville Beach, NW only. Side-shore to side-on. Very big ramps for port tack jumping and riding.
Menemsha Beach. SW, NW best. Sand launch, watch for heavy boat traffic. SW creates fairly mellow conditions until about 1/2 offshore when large, rolling swell offer huge air and great swell riding -especially in strong ebb tide. NW offers side-shore wind and starboard jumps all the way to the beach. Wind swell is more steep in NW regardless of tidal current. |
and Nantucket is even better |
Better by three times, apparently. |
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