Constitution Beach
Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Free parking
Today at a glance
Calmest: 3 pm to sunset, sunset 5:49 pm5.7
22 km/h14 mph wind, Good
5.5
24 km/h15 mph wind, Good
5.5
25 km/h15 mph wind, Good
5.5
24 km/h15 mph wind, Good
5.5
24 km/h15 mph wind, Good
5.6
23 km/h14 mph wind, Good
6.0
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good
6.2
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
6.1
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
6.2
17 km/h11 mph wind, Good
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 10°C49°F
- Water
- 14°C57°F
- Wind
- 2516 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 4930 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.3 m4 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 5:49 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 9 am, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 3 pm, -1.7 m5 ft
- High 9 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sun7.4 GreatBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 0%
- Mon7.8 GreatBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Tue6.2 GoodBest 3 pm to 6 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
- Wed5.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 1%
- Thu7.2 GreatBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 2%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
About Constitution Beach
Constitution Beach is a man-made beach located in the HarborView, Massachusetts. It is near Orient Heights Beach, which is approximately 620 feet away. The nearest bus stop is about 330 feet from the beach, and there are 23 free parking options nearby.
Constitution Beach is a man-made crescent-shaped, sandy beach located in the Orient Heights neighborhood of East Boston, Massachusetts. Opened in 1952 and known to locals as "Shays Beach," its most distinctive feature is that it looks directly onto the runways of Logan International Airport, so that airplanes taking off and landing on Runways 22L and 22R are about 2,000 feet (610 m) away, making them prominent both visibly and audibly.
The easternmost portion of the beach continues to be known to locals as "Shay's Beach."
Source: Constitution Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms90 m300 ft away
- Showers60 m210 ft away
- Drinking waterWithin 500 m0.3 mi
- Parking23 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 30 m90 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink16 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Rentals3 within 500 m0.3 mi
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 100 m330 ft
- Nearest town
- 2.3 km1.4 miChelsea (city)
- Nearest airport
- 2 km1 miLogan International Airport (BOS)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Orient Heights Beach0.2 km0.1 mi south-east away5.8 Good later
- Short Beach2.6 km1.6 mi east away5.9 Good later
- Pico Beach2.8 km1.7 mi south-east away5.9 Good later
- Corinha Beach2.8 km1.8 mi south-east away5.9 Good later
- Winthrop Beach3.7 km2.3 mi east away5.9 Good later