Continent |
North America |
Country |
Maine (USA) |
Next Big City |
Boston |
Next Town |
Belfast, Searsport |
|
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Parking |
Water
Type: |
Chop |
Hazards: |
Stakes |
Quality: |
Cloudy |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Choppy water. Watch out for drifting logs and masses of seriously line-tangling seaweed.
Beach
Type: |
Grass |
Size: |
Tidal |
Hazards: |
Rocks |
Beach Users: |
June, July, August |
Small rocky access, but bigger grassy area for rigging. Also many trees. Note that if you launch from the grass, you'll have to walk a bit and go down some stairs and then across the rocky shore. There is lots of poison ivy between the grass and the shore. This is a challenging place to launch, not recommended if you can avoid it. If you plan to launch or land on the shore (not recommended), you will need to do so near low tide. At high tide the water nearly reaches the trees.
Weather
Spring:
|
Normal |
Summer:
|
Shorty, Normal |
Fall:
|
Normal |
Winter:
|
Thick |
Fairly warm during summer, but you may want some kind of wetsuit. Fall and spring needs a long wetsuit, during winter a thick wetsuit.
Wind
Best Months: |
No information |
Wind Type: |
Frontal |
Best Direction: |
NE, S |
Main Direction: |
No information |
Good with a NE.
How to get there
Transport |
Car |
Access
|
Short walk |
Located between Belfast and Searsport off US 1.
Extra information
The park personnel were very helpful and supportive, though they did not consider this a good site for kiteboarding. Do it at your own risk, they said.
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