White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.93° N 69.98° W

White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 16 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) sea temperature is
21.7° C
1.5° 

White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) today (16 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) at 10AM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Afternoon (16 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (16 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 19°C on Tue afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
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
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.2
S
6
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
E
11
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
9
1
SSE
4
0.9
SE
5
0.5
S
6
0.4
SSE
7
0.5
SSE
7
1
SE
8
1
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.8
SE
7
0.8
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
7
6
6
7
8
37
31
18
15
25
117
117
82
77
57
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
15
NNW
5
NNE
5
SW
10
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
25
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
10
NNE
Wind State
off
cross
glassy
off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:31AM3.40m
2:56PM3.34m
3:20AM3.23m
3:42PM3.27m
4:09AM3.03m
4:28PM3.17m
Low Tide
8:57AM-0.06m
9:21PM0.02m
9:42AM0.11m
10:11PM0.14m
10:29AM0.30m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:48
5:48
5:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:38
7:37
7:36
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
21
21
20
21
22
22
21
21
21
22
21
22
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
19
19
19
Feels °C
20
20
21
21
21
17
17
17
17
18
18
20
18
18
18
20
21
21
20
20
19
18
19
21
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