We got 87 surf beaches listed on Magic Seaweed here in New England. Connecticut has none because its on Long Island Sound. There’s no waves on “the sound”. Surfing beaches aren’t generally beaches as most people think of them. No parking, no sandy beach, no facilities, and it may not be easy getting into and out of the water. Here’s the beaches.
Beach Types Explained
- Beach Break – typical sand beach upon which the waves “break”. The hard part is getting through the waves out past the break zone.
- Point Break – an area of land that juts out into the ocean. When coming from the right direction the waves will break on the point and then down the shoreline. Pt. Judith, RI is an example. Here there is a rock cliff.
- Reef Break – a fixed structure of some sort that causes the waves to jack up and then break. Matunuck, RI is an example. Here there are cobblestones about 50 yards from shore.
RHODE ISLAND
Block Island – probably not going there.
Breachway
Deep Hole – a reef break, one of my favorites.
Dunes Park Beach
East Beach
East State Beach
K38/39 – inside of a seawall, good surfing here when the waves are too big elsewhere.
Lighthouse (Point Judith) – a point break. Some of the best surfing.
Matunuck – my favorite area.
Misquamicut – kind of a trashy state beach.
Monahan’s Dock
Narragansett Beach – a beach break. Pretty good off season.
Pilgrim – part of the Pt Judith area. Good surfing here.
Salty Brine State Beach
Scarborough State Beach – a beach break. OK.
Weekapaug
1st Beach (Eastons Beach) – a beach break. Not bad off season.
2nd Beach (Sachuest Beach) – a beach break. Pretty good place for a beach.
Bailey’s Beach
Elbow Ledge – out in the ocean you need a boat to get there.
Ruggles – one of the best big wave locations on the East Coast.
Sakonnet River
South Shore Beach
MASSACHUSETTS
Abels Hill
Cape Cod – this refers to the entire Cape.
Chandy’s
Coskata Beach
Green Harbor
Harding Beach
Keyes Memorial Beach
Long Point
Lucy Vincent
Maguire Landing Beach
Marconi Beach – a beach break. Good waves, good beach, and has sharks.
Miacomet Rd.
Nantucket – Not going there.
Nauset Beach
New England Hurricane – this refers to New England generally during a hurricane.
Plymouth Beach
Rexhame
Scituate
South Beach
Squibnocket
Cape Ann
Crane Beach
Devereux
Nahant
Nantasket Beach – a beach break. Great place to learn. There’s another spot nearby that locals call “The T’s”. This handles hurricane waves really well.
Revere Beach
Salisbury – a beach break.
Wingaersheek Beach
Wollaston Beach – a beach break. Drive by it a lot and have never seen anyone surfing there.
Yirrell Beach
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Costellos
Hampton Beach
Jenness Beach
Linkys
Rye Rocks
Seabrook Beach
The Wall
MAINE
Crescent Beach
Footbridge Beach
Harbor Beach
Kettle Kove
Long Sands – a beach break.
Moody Beach
Ogunquit River
Short Sands – a beach break. Better spot than Long Sands.
Wells Beach
Ash Point
Colony Beach
Crescent Beach
Drakes Island
Ferry Beach
Fortunes Rocks
Fowler Beach
Gooch’s Beach
Higgins Beach
Kennebunk Beach
Little Hunters Beach
Mother’s Beach
Old Orchard Beach
Pine Point Beach
Popham Beach
Reid State Park
Scarborough Beach
Willard Beach