Long Beach, Nahant

Long Beach at Nahant is a great place to ride Northeast and East winds. It's also a great place to ride/surf waves when there are Northeast/East swells. The beach is over a mile and a half long and very shallow at low tide. The fine sand is hard enough to go landboarding, one of the best landboarding spots in the area. Watch out for gusts when on the beach and launching because of the parking lot and roadway.

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Local Rules

Adam from Boston Kite School has talked to the Lynn Police and they have requested that we get the word out about the protocol below in case someone loses a kite in the area. It is to prevent the rescue squad from coming out if it's not an emergency. Let's all try to be proactive in this so people don't associate kitesurfing with fire trucks and ambulances. We can't always predict when a layperson will make an emergency call, but in the offseason, it can't hurt to be proactive in alerting the authorities.

1) Call Lynn Police at 781-595-2000. Tell them there's nothing to worry about, the nature of the situation (mention PFD, Drysuit, expertise). Ask them if they will call Nahant police and Swampscott police.

2) If they don't: Call Nahant Police 781-581-1212 and Swampscott Police 781-595-1111.

If it is an emergency, and it's your emergency, a recognized distress signal is to raise and lower arms from lateral to overhead slowly.

Where to launch

Many places to launch from right off the parking lot.

Restrictions

Please do not kite here during the day in the summer when it is busy. After 6pm only.

Hazards

Please never kite in off-shore winds alone, and use extreme caution.

Parking

Parking lot can fit up to 1300 cars. $3 per car.
Free by the Tides but they ticket non-patrons.

Free parking on the road next to the beach off season.

Nearby Bars

The Tides Restaurant
2 Wilson Rd # B
Nahant, MA 01908
Phone: 781-593-7500

Best Direction

Northeast

Good Directions

North

Northeast

East

Southeast

South

Bad Directions

Southwest

West

Northwest

Beach Faces

East

Onshore Wind

East

Side Shore Wind

North

South

SideOn wind

Northeast

Southeast

Session Reports

Wed, 03/03/2010 Nahant 3/3...more pics	Wed, 03/03/2010 Nahant 3/3, wind and waves delish sesh.	Sun, 10/18/2009 Wet, blustry, gusty wave day at Nahant.	Sat, 10/10/2009 gusty day in nahant
Wed, 09/09/2009 nine nine O nine	Thu, 04/16/2009 nahant on a thursday morning