Access to Laudholm Beach will be interrupted for a couple of days, as Monday's storm surge took away about 4 feet of dune and 8 feet of boardwalk. Our facilities staff and volunteers are working quickly to restore safe access to the beach, while also minimizing impacts to the adjacent vegetated dune. 

Wells experienced sustained winds over 30 mph for a few hours on Monday. Fortunately, winds had diminished somewhat as they shifted to the northeast, because even the lesser strong-and-steady push forced seawater well inland. Early observers reported finding wrack in areas that typically don't see deposits even during king tides. 

Show Me the Data

Here is the Monday storm in graphical form. We measured wind gusts up to 40 mph both at the "Laudholm Farm" weather station and at the Wells Harbor station just before noon. The predicted tide was 9.26 feet and actual tidal height (provisional) was 12.8 feet.