Garbage Beach

Falmouth

Garbage Beach, (a.k.a. Woods Hole Waterfront Park) Woods Hole/Falmouth, MA is a small narrow lawn overlooking a small sandy beach in Woods Hole Harbor with several small piers to the left extending out. The entry / exit is off the small stairs leading down to the small beach ('Garbage Beach') that is to the right of 2nd Marine Biological Labs (MBL) pier. Don't be turned off by the name of Garbage beach. I have no idea on how it got its name but It's actually also a nice beach for non-divers while divers are in the water.

As for the dive, divers have two options to enter. One is a giant stride entry off the MBL Pier, the other is to walk down the small set of stairs off Garbage Beach. into the water.

Parking:

metered parking; during the summer weekends, parking will be more limited

Level:

all

Ideal Wind Directions:

North

Max Depth at High Tide:

70ft

Entrance:

Easy beach entrance

Tidal:

Recommend 1 hour before high tide