About Saint John

Saint John is a town in New Brunswick, Canada. From Saint John you can reach 1 surf spot and 3 dive sites. The nearest is Round Reef, a dive site 1.7 km from the centre. Overture lists 23 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is YSJ, 14 km away.

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Staying in Saint John

23 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: YSJ, 14 km, YFC, 76 km, YQM, 143 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Saint John.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for the level each spot suits. Pick your level for the days that suit you.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Expert

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Zaluds4.7 kmabout 10 min by carNeeds 5 ft+

1 ft5 kJ

1 ft1 kJ

<1 ft1 kJ

1 ft3 kJ

1 ft1 kJ

<1 ft1 kJ

1 ft0 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Zaluds, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	3, too small	1 ft6 smushy	5kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 5 knots, offshore	9°C
Mon 19Oct	2, too small	1 ft2 smushy	1kJ	wind from the south-west, 6 knots	11°C
Tue 20Oct	1, too small	under 1 ft8 s	1kJ	wind from the north, 10 knots, offshore	14°C
Wed 21Oct	3, too small	1 ft4 smushy	3kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots	13°C
Thu 22Oct	3, too small	1 ft3 smushy	1kJ	wind from the north, 8 knots, offshore	12°C
Fri 23Oct	2, too small	under 1 ft4 s	1kJ	wind from the north, 13 knots, offshore	7°C
Sat 24Oct	2, too small	1 ft3 s	0kJ	wind from the north, 9 knots, offshore	8°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Saint John, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Dive near Saint John

Round Reef 1.7 km · stays here
LSM-[??] 18.3 km · stays here
USS LSM-56 18.6 km · stays here

Saint John, Canada