East! Perfect for the beach! Hope the clouds move out. More below:
Where to look -
These medium-speed meteors appear to emanate from near the bright
star Castor, in the constellation of Gemini the Twins hence the
name "Geminid."
The track of each one does not necessarily begin near Castor, nor
even in the constellation Gemini, but it always turns out that the
path of a Geminid extended backward passes through a tiny region of
sky about 0.2 degree in diameter (an effect of perspective). In
apparent size, that's less than half the width of the moon. As
such, this is a rather sharply defined radiant as most meteor
showers go, suggesting the stream is "young" perhaps only several
thousand years old.
Generally speaking, depending on your location, Castor begins to
come up above the east-northeast horizon right around the time
evening twilight is coming to an end.
As Gemini is beginning to climb the eastern sky just after darkness
falls, there is a fair chance of seeing some "Earth-grazing"
meteors. Earthgrazers are long, bright shooting stars that streak
overhead from a point near to even just below the horizon. Such
meteors are so distinctive because they follow long paths nearly
parallel to our atmosphere.
By around 9 p.m., Gemini will have climbed more than one-third of
the way up from the horizon. Meteor sightings should begin to
increase noticeably thereafter. By around 2 a.m., Gemini will stand
high overhead.
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