Saint John, Canada

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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 experts: 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 expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

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.

Surf spots within 20 km of Saint John: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Zaluds4.7 kmabout 10 min by car1 ft6 kJwind from the west, 5 knots, offshore, too small1 ft1 kJwind from the south-west, 7 knots, too small<1 ft1 kJwind from the north, 10 knots, offshore, too small1 ft3 kJwind from the east, 4 knots, too small1 ft1 kJwind from the north, 5 knots, too small<1 ft1 kJwind from the north, 11 knots, offshore, too small1 ft1 kJwind from the north-west, 5 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for Zaluds: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Zaluds, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct3, too small1 ft7 smushy6kJwind from the west, 5 knots, offshore10°C
Mon 19Oct2, too small1 ft2 smushy1kJwind from the south-west, 7 knots11°C
Tue 20Oct1, too smallunder 1 ft8 s1kJwind from the north, 10 knots, offshore14°C
Wed 21Oct4, too small1 ft4 smushy3kJwind from the east, 4 knots13°C
Thu 22Oct3, too small1 ft3 smushy1kJwind from the north, 5 knots12°C
Fri 23Oct2, too smallunder 1 ft4 s1kJwind from the north, 11 knots, offshore8°C
Sat 24Oct2, too small1 ft4 s1kJwind from the north-west, 5 knots, offshore10°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).

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