Today — right on the edge.
Sources & confidence
Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →
The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.
Our own model
Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.
Safety gates
It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.
A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.
Where to get in, where to hunt
Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.
The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.
Leave your email — and the moment a window opens at York, we'll send the go / no-go verdict. Email is all we need.
What's missing? Tell us what you'd like to see — new spots, species, data or features. We read everything.
Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.
spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.
Now live: 3016 spots across 406 stretches of coast — mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Azores.
See all spotsRelief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.
The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.
Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.
Open the seafloor mapSheer granite cliff dropping straight to 20 m, a mark local fishermen have worked for generations — cod and pollock hold along the wall. Flat sea and no easterly swell only; the entry is rough and not for beginners.
Google MapsSmall sand pocket between rocky cliffs just north of the Nubble, 2-9 m with ledge and tide pools on both shoulders. Cunner, pollock and lobster in the rock; sheltered from the south, and the entry is short when the swell is down.
Google MapsShore access point Colony Beach, roughly 27 km from York. Marker position: 43.346° N, 70.474° W. Maximum depth is around 5 m. The tidal range is large here, so plan the entry around slack water.
Google MapsNarrow channel between the Cape Neddick Light islet and the mainland, 2–12 m. Ledge bottom, sheltered from easterly sea and usually the best local visibility; tautog and cunner. Park at Sohier Park and never shoot near swimmers.
Google MapsShore access point Wells Beach, roughly 20 km from York. Marker position: 43.303° N, 70.566° W. Depths reach about 3 m. Bottom type: sand. Agree on an exit spot with your buddy before getting in.
Google MapsSOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.
Cameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.
Check the cam BEFORE you leave. Foam, brown/green murk, or waves washing the entry rocks = No-go. At night/in fog the cam is useless — treat it as «unknown», NOT «green».
US spearfishing law is state-by-state. License, spearable species, powerhead rules and distances vary; federal sanctuaries (Gray's Reef, the Keys, Flower Garden Banks) ban spearfishing. Always confirm with the state agency and local ordinances.
York has rock entry points such as Nubble Light Channel, Bald Head Cliff and Cape Neddick Beach. York's southern-Maine rocky reefs — the Nubble Light channel and Bald Head Cliff drop straight into cold, clear water for cod and pollock. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.
Short Jul–Sep window once the Gulf of Maine warms; macro tides rule the slack.
Cold, 8–15 °C; thick suit, variable viz, huge tides stir the water.
Advanced: cold, macro tides and variable viz — experienced only, on the slack.
Yes — in York almost certainly, but the licence is the STATE's, not a federal one: nearly every coastal state requires its own saltwater fishing licence, and several add a free registration or an extra endorsement on top (Florida's free State Reef Fish Survey for reef fish, Texas's saltwater endorsement, California's Ocean Enhancement Validation). Hawaii asks nothing of residents and charges visitors the NRMFL. What may be speared, and with what gear, is state law too — the price and the details depend on the state, so read the «Law» block below.
buoy Jeffrey's Ledge, NH (160): 12.5° · wave 1.0 m/13 s · 2 h ago
