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Continent:	North America
Country:	Canada
Next Big City:	Toronto
Next Town:	Tobermory

Type:	Lake
Rider Ability:	Beginner, Intermediate, Expert
Features:	Toilet, Parking

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Water

Type:	Shallow, Flat, Chop
Hazards:	None
Quality:	Clean
Best Tide:	Tide Independent

Lake Huron, flat to choppy water. Shallow for about 250 m.

Beach

Type:	Sand
Size:	Medium
Hazards:	None
Beach Users:	July, August

At Singing Sands Provincial Park. Set up on the sand bar, about 50 m out. Great land boarding beach. `Private Beach` posted on one side, but there is more than enough room to ride in the park.

Wind

Best Months:	June, July, August
Wind Type:	Frontal Winds
Best Direction:	SW, WSW, W
Main Direction:	SW, W

Strong, ultra clean westerly wind direct from Lake Huron. Ride in anything with `West` in it, which is the norm for June, July and August.

How to get there

Transport:	Car
Access:	Short Walk

Hwy 6 up the Bruce Pennisula. Left on Dorcas Bay Road. Park at the Singing Sands Park, free parking.

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Rules:

Restricted Zones

Respect the private beach, and other beach goers. A little crowded during peak season (when school is out). Tobermory is the freshwater scuba diving capital of the Great Lakes.

Nightlife

A couple bars are there.

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