Sawyer’s Beach:
Just off a sewer pipe in the beach town of Rye, is Surfer’s Beach, which offers a high-tide beachbreak alternative. Just up the road a couple hundred yards is Sawyer’s Beach proper, which breaks essentially the same as Surfer’s.
Both beaches consist of a promising mix of sand and cobblestone, separated by a spit of rock that helps to shape incoming swell. Unfortunately, this spit isn’t prominent enough to hold and sculpt anything over head high. Thus Surfer’s and Sawyer’s are good spots to check when the surf is small, but when things start pulsing you’re going to want to look elsewhere as this stretch of coast will be closed-out. Also, there is special permit parking at Sawyer’s for residents only, so be aware that parking is limited for visitors.
Straw’s Point:
Straw’s Point is one of those spots that you stumble across in your travels and think, Geez this place must go off. It’s just-so southeast tapper into the ocean, it’s sloped rocky shore, it’s little lefts crumbling along its length. Unfortunately, like many perfectly constructed points in this world, Straw’s just isn’t, and never really is, that good.
The reality is that Straw’s will work on an overhead swell but it is always quite soft. It is possible to connect the dots from way outside to the very inside beachbreak (about 300 yards), which, no matter how soft the wave, is still really fun. If every place else nearby is too crowded, then it’s worth a look. Mellow waves equal mellow crowds.