Nauset Light Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. This is Rusty, and I’m looking at the Cape Cod surf scene over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a pretty bleak stretch for Nauset Light Beach. The whole 16-day window is a struggle, with a real lack of any decent swell. There’s a long gap of nothing worthwhile from now until the 2nd of September, and even then, it doesn’t get much better.

The water is sitting at 69° which is about average for the time of year, so no surprises there.

The first real glimmer, if you can call it that, shows up on the morning of Wednesday, 2nd September. We’re looking at a tiny 2ft swell from the ESE with a period of 11 seconds. That’s a long period groundswell, which means the energy is there (95 combined energy), but it’s just so small. The wind is a light cross-shore from the NNW, so conditions will be clean, but it’s going to be a knee-high affair at best. The afternoon sees the swell bump up to 3ft, but the period drops to 5 seconds, turning it into a messy, weak windswell.

The morning of Thursday, 3rd September is more of the same: 3ft and 6 seconds. The afternoon is notable for one thing only – glassy conditions. The wind goes to nothing, and we get a 2ft, 6-second ESE swell. It’s surfable, but you’ll be scratching for anything with push.

The only session that even gets a “surfable” rating is the afternoon of Wednesday, 9th September. It’s a 2ft ESE swell at 10 seconds with a clean cross-offshore wind from the West. The combined energy is 105, which is moderate, but the size is just so small. It’s an ordinary day, but it’s the best of a bad bunch.

After that, the 10th of September morning brings a strong cross-offshore wind at 22 mph from the WNW. There’s a 3ft ESE swell with a 9-second period and a big combined energy of 283, but the wind is howling. It’s clean, but that’s a lot of wind for a small wave. That afternoon, the wind drops but so does the swell.

For the whole period, you’re looking at a beach break that’s exposed to the east. The swell direction is never matching the optimum east, and the size is just too small to get anything going. The bigger stuff on the 5th and 6th of September is onshore and messy. If you’re a kite surfer, the afternoon of the 10th might look interesting with that strong cross-offshore wind, but for a paddle surfer, it’s a no-go.

This is a tough run. Nauset Light Beach is a fairly consistent spot, but it’s just not working in this window. Forecasts can change, so keep your eye on it, but right now, I’d be finding something else to do.

Rusty.

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