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Martha's Vineyard Beach Safety: Rip Currents, Sharks, Channels and Lifeguards (2026)

Martha's Vineyard Beach Safety: Rip Currents, Sharks, Channels and Lifeguards (2026)

Rip currents, tidal channels, sharks, bacteria closures, wartime ordnance and cold water: the Martha's Vineyard beach safety guide, with the 2026 incidents (the Long Point drowning, the Norton Point possible shark bite, the Lucy Vincent sighting), which beaches have lifeguards and when they leave, how to escape a rip, and where the hospital is.

Martha's Vineyard from Thanksgiving to March: The Month-by-Month Winter Guide (2026–2027)

Martha's Vineyard from Thanksgiving to March: The Month-by-Month Winter Guide (2026–2027)

Martha's Vineyard from Thanksgiving week 2026 to the end of March 2027, month by month: which restaurants serve Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve, the Felix Neck Fall Festival and Light Up Oak Bluffs, Christmas in Edgartown, the exact February closure windows of the year-round restaurants, the winter ferry timetable, the 20 Miler and the Film Festival, weather averages and winter hotel rates.

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Martha's Vineyard at Night: Moonrise, Stars, Bioluminescence and the Towns After Dark (2026–2027)

Martha's Vineyard at Night: Moonrise, Stars, Bioluminescence and the Towns After Dark (2026–2027)

Martha's Vineyard after dark: where the full moon rises out of the ocean, the darkest spots for stars (Aquinnah, Lobsterville, South Beach), full-moon and meteor dates through 2027, the honest word on bioluminescence in the ponds, the three towns after the shops close, and the practical side of deer, dark roads, parking lots and night swimming.

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The Martha's Vineyard Derby: A Visitor's Guide to the 81st Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby (2026)

The Martha's Vineyard Derby: A Visitor's Guide to the 81st Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby (2026)

The 81st Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby runs September 13 – October 17, 2026, and you don't need a rod to enjoy it. Free twice-daily weigh-ins on Dock Street, what it costs to enter, where to watch from shore, and the key-and-lock drawing where somebody wins a boat.

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