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Fortunes Rocks Beach
4.6★ · 112 Google ratings · Biddeford, Maine
✓ Short walk✓ Restrooms
At a glance
Parking
Fills up early
Walk
110 ft · under a minute
Restrooms
Yes
Water
63°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Tide
7 ft range today
Length
0.8 miles of shoreline
Sand
175 yd from the water to the back
Water quality
Good · all 14 samples clean · 2025
Map of Fortunes Rocks Beach
Guide
Good to know
Good for surfers and swimmers
This beach consistently has good waves and is a thriving local surf spot popular for boogie boarding.
Visit at low tide
The beach shrinks dramatically at high tide, but low tide reveals extensive tidal pools filled with crabs, snails.
Arrive early or after 5pm
Parking is free after 5pm and costs $20-35 before then; the beach is nearly empty in early morning and evening.
Come in winter or spring
The beach stays quiet and peaceful outside summer season when tourist crowds arrive and seasonal parking permits are enforced.
Wear shoes on the rocks
The rocky areas contain slippery rocks and sharp barnacles that can injure bare feet.
Conditions
How it is right now
Air
68°F · partly cloudy
Water
63°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Waves
2.8 ft · 7 s apart
Wind
5 mph from the WSW
Shelter
Cross-shore · wind running along the beach
UV index
7 peak today
| Time | Tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| 05:32 | High tide | ↑ |
| 11:38 | Low tide | ↓ |
| 17:50 | High tide | ↑ |
Last updated Aug 20, 5:34 AM.
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Questions
Common questions
How far is the walk to the water at Fortunes Rocks Beach?
70 ft in a straight line from the listing to the mapped shoreline, under a minute. Soft sand and dune make the real walk longer than the straight line.
Does Fortunes Rocks Beach have restrooms?
No restrooms are mapped within 600 m on OpenStreetMap. That means nobody has mapped any, which is not the same as there being none.
Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.
