Surf Forecasts:
Nauset Light Beach surf forecast from 27 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 29 Aug, 11AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period, NNE swell with 41 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Nauset Light Beach this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Nauset Light Beach in the next 16 days are 0.9m 5s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 29) at 11AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.0m 4s period and expected on Sunday (Aug 30) at 8PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 11AM (Sat 29th Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 5s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Nauset Light Beach over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's get into it for the Cape Cod stretch.
So, looking at the whole 16-day picture for Nauset Light Beach, I gotta be straight with you: it’s a tough outlook. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with very little to get excited about. The water is sitting at about 70°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year – that’s the one small mercy.
We start off with a few days of tiny, weak waves. Thursday the 27th has ankle-snappers around 2ft from the east, with a period of 9 seconds. The energy is puny (47). A south breeze is blowing cross-offshore, so it’s clean, but there’s just no push. Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th are more of the same – tiny, weak, and inconsistent. Saturday afternoon gets even worse with a direct onshore wind, ruining what little shape there is. By Sunday the 30th, the swell totally flatlines.
We then hit a proper dead zone. From Monday the 31st morning (which is glassy for about 2 seconds before the wind swings onshore) all the way through to Thursday the 10th of September, it’s just a sad run of poor surf conditions. The waves barely break 2ft most days, and when they do, the periods are short – 3 to 8 seconds – and the wind is often onshore or cross-onshore, making things choppy and messy. The combined energy dips into single digits for days on end. That’s about a week and a half of basically nothing worth paddling out for.
There’s a tiny uptick Thursday the 3rd afternoon where the swell jumps to 4ft from the northeast with a period of 7 seconds, and the energy finally cracks triple digits at 144. But it’s directly onshore from the east-northeast. At a beach break like this, that onshore wind is going to make it a bumpy, closed-out mess. Honestly, that setup looks way more appealing for kite surfing than for a paddle surfer trying to get a clean ride.
All that said, the forecast *can* change. It’s a long window, and blank runs like this aren’t unheard of around here. Keep an eye on it, but right now, leave the board in the car and save the wax.
Signing off,
Rusty
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Fri afternoon, min 18°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Fri night, light winds from the SE by Sat night). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Warm (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the E by Tue afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | NNE 5 | NE 5 | NE 4 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 3 | ESE 4 | E 4 | E 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 |
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 kJ | 25 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 26 | 41 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 20 | 19 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 00:21AM1.95m | 12:48PM1.83m | 1:01AM1.98m | 1:26PM1.91m | 1:42AM1.99m | 2:04PM1.98m | 2:23AM1.98m | 2:43PM2.03m | 3:07AM1.95m | 3:26PM2.05m | 3:54AM1.89m | 4:12PM2.06m | 4:45AM1.81m | |||||||
Low Tide | 6:28PM0.16m | 6:57AM0.02m | 7:09PM0.09m | 7:33AM-0.01m | 7:49PM0.04m | 8:10AM-0.02m | 8:30PM0.00m | 8:48AM0.00m | 9:13PM-0.02m | 9:29AM0.04m | 10:00PM-0.02m | 10:14AM0.09m | 10:51PM0.01m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — |
 | 7:22 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:17 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:12 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 24 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Feels °C | 22 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | SSE 4 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | NE 5 | NE 4 | SE 6 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SSW 5 | S 5 | S 4 | — | E 4 | E 4 | ESE 11 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 |
| kJ | 25 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 8 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | E 10 | ESE 8 | E 10 | SSW 3 | E 9 | SE 7 | ESE 6 | NE 4 | E 5 | E 8 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | SE 6 | E 8 | SE 10 | SSW 3 | S 4 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 19 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | E 10 | NE 10 | E 9 | E 9 | S 6 | S 6 | SE 8 | — | — | — | N 3 | — | E 14 | SE 6 | E 12 | SSW 4 | S 5 | S 5 |
| kJ | — | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 3 | S 4 | — | SSW 6 | — | NNE 5 | — | — | WSW 2 | SW 4 | SW 5 | — | — | E 3 | ESE 4 | S 3 | — | ENE 5 | — | — |
| kJ | 8 | 10 | — | 15 | — | 41 | — | — | 1 | 28 | 25 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 11 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1145 | 135 | 15 | 14 | 132 | 63 | 179 | 179 | 204 | 2876 | 119 | 240 | 479 | 1150 | 1055 | 1919 | 137 | 805 | 311 | 135 |
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