Another Surfing Beach

[Gcosloy]

September 20th is the day York, ME allows dogs on the beach. Off leash if they respond to voice commands which mine naturally does. While we were enjoying the beach and surf it occurred to me that this is another ideal destination for some gentle surfing. Sand rises gently and gradually so dumpers are rare. I'm not sure if its better than Rye or Jenness but just thought I'd share.

[tyson]

The MagicSeaweed surf guide for Long Sands looks promising, as does the aerial imagery on Google Maps.

It looks like the primary parking is at the small NE facing beach and the biggest beach is to the south facing SE? Where would you recommend parking and launching?

I'm busy the next 2-5 weekends but I'd be interested in joining you there.

Hmmm... I expect to be in ME with the kayak on Oct 2nd (not the worse way to spend a Saturday!), if there were good conditions for the 3rd, it might be possible to hit this on the return drive.

Cheers!

Ty

[Gcosloy]

I didn't check out the smaller beach which I think is called Short Sands. It seems to be more protected. The larger beach to the South actually has two designated surf zones on each end with a large swimming zone in the center. I'm not sure but that after season it might be OK to surf in all zones. The parking is on the street with meters. Best place to park is near the bath house/bathrooms where there is a nice ramp down to the beach. Let me know and if I'm free I'll try it out.

[bbjorn]

Gene,

This sounds interesting -- I'd like to check it out.

I've unfortunately been landlocked most of this season, and am now trying to make up for lost time. I went to Nahant yesterday where I had some amazing long rides and got bitten badly once again by the surf bug. Your place sounds a lot like Kings Beach -- gently sloping sand bottom for long, fairly gentle rides rather than dumpers.

I'm available most week days if you want to get together anytime soon.

Blaine

[RDee]

Long Sands has some good surf when the waves are right. It is a very gentle beach. LONG walk to the water at Low tide. Short Sands is to the north around the point from Nubble Light, steeper and more dumping but not bad.

The surf zone restrictions are active only when the lifeguards are there and it's primarily to give the swimmers plenty of space. Now that the swimmers are gone, have at it.

From my experience with LS, the better waves tend to be on the north and south ends of the beach, less in the middle. I usually park to the south end. I don't use the bath houses so I don't know what the fall hours are.

Parking meters are usually pulled shortly after Labor day. I haven't been in down there in a few weeks so I don't know if there still up.

What I like about LS is if the waves are small I can launch the long boat and head up and around the Nubble or over to Short sands to play in the reflecting waves.

Ryan

[spuglisi]

Long Sands has some good surf when the waves are right. It is a very gentle beach. LONG walk to the water at Low tide. Short Sands is to the north around the point from Nubble Light, steeper and more dumping but not bad.

The surf zone restrictions are active only when the lifeguards are there and it's primarily to give the swimmers plenty of space. Now that the swimmers are gone, have at it.

From my experience with LS, the better waves tend to be on the north and south ends of the beach, less in the middle. I usually park to the south end. I don't use the bath houses so I don't know what the fall hours are.

Parking meters are usually pulled shortly after Labor day. I haven't been in down there in a few weeks so I don't know if there still up.

What I like about LS is if the waves are small I can launch the long boat and head up and around the Nubble or over to Short sands to play in the reflecting waves.

Ryan

Long sands has good access right from the street. It is a long walk at low tide. Another consideration is that there is virtually no beach at all at high tide.