Surf Forecasts:
Nauset Light Beach surf forecast from 28 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 30 Jul, 11PM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period, NNE swell with 198 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 1.5m 7s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Jul 30) at 11PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.7m 4s period and expected on Tuesday (Jul 28) at 5PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 11PM (Thu 30th Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Nauset Light Beach over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for this stretch of coast.
Honestly, I gotta be straight with you – the outlook for the next sixteen days is a bit of a heartbreaker. We’ve got a solid run of flat, weak, or just plain messy conditions. The first few days are a total write-off with tiny, short-period slop and onshore winds. Things don’t really get going at all. We’re looking at a long gap of poor surf lasting from the start right through until the morning of Friday, August 7th, before we finally see a small window of opportunity.
For the first week, the wind is mostly cross-onshore or strong, and the swell is tiny – under 3 ft – with short periods that won’t wrap in with any real push. The combined energy readings are low, mostly in the low hundreds, which tells you the ocean just doesn’t have much grunt. It’s a tough stretch for anyone looking to get wet.
The one standout, and it’s a real slim pickin’, is around Nauset Light Beach. The best chance to score something worth paddling out for looks to be the morning of Friday, August 7th. We’ve got a tiny 2 ft swell from the S, but the wind is forecast to be light offshore from the WSW (5 mph). That’s glassy, clean, and about as good as it’s gonna get. The water temp is about 68°, which is pretty normal for this time of year – nothing weird there. The whole setup is a sandbar, and it’s fairly consistent, so there’s always a chance of a little ripple. Crowds are possible here, so you might have a few others with the same idea.
That Friday morning apart, the rest of the period is a struggle. For the next several days after that, we’re looking at the same story: small, weak swells, and mostly clean but tiny conditions. Saturday the 8th sees a little bump in energy but it’s short-period and messy. The long-range days around the 11th and 12th bring a very long-period swell (12 seconds on the 11th, 11 seconds on the 12th) but it’s only 0.3 ft – pretty much a flat ocean with a pulse. Still, with offshore winds in the morning, it’s the cleanest it’ll be, but don’t expect to catch anything.
So, if you’re desperate, aim for that Friday morning. Otherwise, it’s a quiet spell. The sandbar needs a proper storm to fire up, and it’s just not happening this window.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 18°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Tue morning, fresh winds from the NNE by Thu afternoon). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 21°C on Sun afternoon, min 18°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Fri morning, calm by Fri night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | Sunday 2 | Monday 3 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | E 9 | ENE 6 | ESE 4 | ESE 5 | E 6 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NE 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 10 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 13 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 53 | 170 | 82 | 109 | 167 | 106 | 70 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 13 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 12:04PM1.60m | 00:08AM1.90m | 12:44PM1.66m | 00:48AM1.94m | 1:22PM1.71m | 1:28AM1.96m | 2:00PM1.77m | 2:08AM1.97m | 2:37PM1.83m | 2:49AM1.96m | 3:16PM1.88m | 3:31AM1.93m | 3:57PM1.93m | 4:17AM1.88m | |||||||
Low Tide | 6:15PM0.27m | 6:54AM0.06m | 6:56PM0.24m | 7:31AM0.03m | 7:36PM0.20m | 8:07AM0.02m | 8:16PM0.17m | 8:43AM0.01m | 8:57PM0.15m | 9:21AM0.02m | 9:39PM0.12m | 10:00AM0.05m | 10:24PM0.11m | ||||||||
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 | 5:28 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — |
 | — | 8:01 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:55 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 23 |
Feels °C | 22 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 25 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | — | — | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | NE 6 | NE 5 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 |
| kJ | 13 | 8 | 8 | — | — | 16 | 47 | 35 | 17 | 29 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 13 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | ESE 7 | E 8 | — | — | — | N 6 | ENE 6 | ESE 10 | E 6 | E 6 | SE 8 | SE 9 | NE 5 | NE 5 | SE 6 | SE 10 | E 5 | E 5 | E 8 | E 8 |
| kJ | 9 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 40 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | N 7 | — | — | — | ENE 6 | SE 9 | ENE 6 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 9 | E 8 | E 5 | — |
| kJ | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 6 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 3 | S 4 | SSE 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 5 | E 6 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | — | — | — | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SW 3 | S 3 | S 2 | SSE 3 |
| kJ | 7 | 14 | 10 | 32 | 53 | 170 | 82 | 109 | 167 | 106 | 70 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 479 | 132 | 424 | 399 | 424 | 66 | 98 | 105 | 103 | 101 | 63 | 14 | 137 | 1917 | 135 | 160 | 1145 | 135 | 487 | 530 | 135 |
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