Nauset Beach surf break

Nauset Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 EST
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Nauset Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nauset Beach sea temperature is
5.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Nauset Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Nauset Beach at 12PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

Table - waves today at Nauset Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.7
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.5
S
0.5
SE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
E
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)1111101010979998889888871010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5656115253823223967755857423721351515348477947345
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
20
S
25
S
30
SSW
30
SW
35
WSW
25
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
5
NW
10
ENE
20
NE
25
NNE
35
NNW
30
NW
25
W
30
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:39AM
1.87
11:17PM
1.60
11:20AM
1.92
11:57PM
1.66
12:01PM
1.96
12:35AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:46AM
0.27
5:27PM
0.03
5:28AM
0.22
6:06PM
-0.01
6:08AM
0.18
6:43PM
-0.04
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--7:03-------7:03-------7:01-----
Sunset----4:35-------4:37-------4:37---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C14678311222111110-2-1000-2-3
Feels °C (?)-4-1-101-6-6-5-3-3-3-2-3-5-6-8-8-10-9-11-12-10-13-13
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