White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) Surf Forecast

/ Massachusetts (29 breaks) / Massachusetts (28 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (41.93° N 69.98° W)

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White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 EDT

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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 18.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than 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 8AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Evening (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

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

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		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	25	37	36	37	54	56	54	59	51	51	49	51	56	56	56	54	56	56	47	46	35	37	39	39
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	NNE	N	SSE	SW	WSW	W	NW	NNW	NE	ENE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					8:35AM 2.81				8:51PM 3.20				9:38AM 2.90				9:53PM 3.23				10:31AM 3.01
Low Tide / height (m)			2:29AM 0.20				2:42PM 0.48				3:34AM 0.18				3:47PM 0.41				4:30AM 0.13				4:43PM 0.30

		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18
Feels °C (?)	15	15	14	14	15	15	17	17	17	18	18	18	20	21	23	21	20	19	17	17	16	15	16	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Massachusetts

Wind Update Recent on-shore wind 25 km from White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) has fallen light (light winds from the E at Provincetown Airport). Waves cleaning up. 0.5m 7s swell from the E with a 0.5m 8s swell from the ESE and a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the E as well as a 0.1m 11s groundswell from the ESE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 55 minutes ago White Crest Beach (Wellfleet)

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25 km away, 1 h 55 min ago

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18.8

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