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White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 EST
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White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) sea temperature is
5.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) today?

The current surf forecast for White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) at 3AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

Table - waves today at White Crest Beach (Wellfleet). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)8999910111111111111101010999998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70531071175863103991149273726768657083679388105845666
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
35
W
40
WNW
50
W
55
W
55
W
45
W
35
W
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
30
S
30
S
35
SSW
40
SW
40
WSW
30
W
20
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
15
SW
5
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:35PM
2.55
9:38AM
3.05
10:18PM
2.62
10:20AM
3.13
10:58PM
2.69
11:00AM
3.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:37AM
0.52
4:22PM
0.19
4:21AM
0.45
5:01PM
0.10
5:02AM
0.37
5:39PM
0.02
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise----7:03-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset------4:34-------4:35-------4:36-
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
light snow
light snow
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C2-1-3-5-5-200-1125688322234211
Feels °C (?)-7-11-14-18-19-16-12-10-9-6-4-2-10-1-6-5-4-3-3-3-2-2-3
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