Update July 18 - Hurricane Bertha has been sending waves to new England's shores for 8 days. Initially forecasters thought the biggest day would come on Monday, July 14th. They were wrong. Yesterday afternoon and this morning were bigger. If you have photos to share of beach and waterfront activities during this great summer swell from anywhere in New England please send them to: mike@morebeach.com
July 18th - Bertha's Waves Day 8
 Bertha, July 17, Wellfleet / Mike Marks photo
 Bertha, July 18, Wellfleet / Mike Marks photo
 Bertha, July 18, Orleans / Mike Marks photo
July 17th - Bertha's Waves Day 7
 Wellfleet, July 17 2008, 9 am, Mike Marks photo
 Bertha, July 17, Wellfleet / Mike Marks photo
 Wellfleet, July 17, 9am / Mike Marks photo
July 16th - Bertha's Waves Day 6
 Cape Cod National Seahore , Eastham MA / Chris Johnson photo
July 15th - Bertha's Waves Day 5
 Orleans, July 15 2008, 5:30 pm, Mike Marks photo
 Orleans, July 15 2008, 5:15 pm, Mike Marks photo
 Wellfleet, July 15 2008, 10am, Mike Marks photo
July 14th - Bertha's Waves Day 4
 Wellfleet, July 14 2008, noon, Mike Marks photo
 Wellfleet, July 14 2008, noon, Mike Marks photo
 Wellfleet, July 14 2008, 11:45am, Mike Marks photo
July 13th - Bertha's Waves Day 3
 Wellfleet, July 13 2008, 7:35 am, Mike Marks photo
 July 13, 7:30am Wellfleet, Mike Marks photo
 Ogunquit, Maine, July 13 / Gail Hawthorne photo
July 12th - Bertha's Waves Day 2
 Orleans, July 13 2008, 6:45 am, Mike Marks photo
 Wellfleet, July 12 2008, 5 pm, Mike Marks photo
 Eastham, July 12 2008, 4:15 pm, Mike Marks photo
July 11th - Bertha Day 1
 Eastham, July 12 2008, 4:10 pm, Mike Marks photo
 11 yr old Jake Hopfinger, Eastham, July 11th, / Carl Hopfinger photo |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 18 July 2008 )
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 Outlook as of July 12th - Should be a very pleasant day today with waist+ waves, light onshore breeze and sun. Nantucket buoy is currently showing 3' at 10 secs from ESE. Today's low tide is at 1:45pm. Tomorrow will have waist high waves with onshore SE wind at around 13 mph so conditions will get bumpy. Bertha is pumping waves but she's mellowed a little and not as strong as forecast a few days ago. Waves may get to head high by Wednesday/Thursday.
July 11th 6:45am - Swell from Bertha is beginning to arrive at Cape Cod beaches. Nantucket buoy is showing 4.3' at 11 secs from SE. CG cam shows healthy lines coming in and waves breaking right now at high tide. It'll be chest+ this afternoon. Low tide is at 12:45pm today. Today's wind will be shifting from N to NE at under 10mph. Bertha's waves will be with us through next Thursday and they'll be growing in size to at least head+ by Monday. This is a special event. Enjoy!
July 10th 7am Optimistically it's waist high this morning. As tide comes in this afternoon things may improve. Nantucket buoy is showing 4.3' at 8 secs from SSW. Today's low tide is at 12:20pm. Light westerly wind offshore this afternoon. Conditions are nice. Hurricane Bertha will begin her deliveries tomorrow afternoon and will keep on shipping through next week, starting at chest high and growing each day. Wednesday July 16th could see 2X overhead. These waves will have more heft to them than is typical in New England. A 4' hurricane wave from 1000 miles offshore is much more powerful than a 4' wave generated from a close-to-shore and fast moving storm. It's wise to spend some time looking before paddling out.
July 9th 5:15am It feels like December 23rd and Santa will be here in two days. Bertha looks better and better. Hurricane swell will start arriving on Friday with chest high and should last well into the middle of next week. Looks like we should see clean overhead+ on Monday afternoon, maybe 2X overhead on Tuesday. Oh...BTW there are some thigh high waves out there today. Today's wind is strong SSW at 20+ mph, low tide at 11:20am. Tomorrow should be chest high and clean.
July 8th 3:30pm - Tomorrow is setting up to be thigh high with strong SW winds. Wind drops Thursday and waves could be chest+. Hurricane Bertha is making the turn north and looks like she's going to move slowly through our sweet spot over the course of several days. The first swell from should arrive at Cape Cod beaches on Friday afternoon, grow to head high by Sunday and linger in the chest high range through Tuesday. Wind will be generally favorable.
July 7th 7:20am - Nantucket buoy currently showing 2.3' SSE at 8 secs. Knee to thigh high and clean this morning with light SW wind. Low tide at 9:30am. Wind builds to 10-15mph SSW this afternoon. There will be waves all this week, the best days looking like Wednesday and Thursday with waist + and light offshore wind. If Hurricane Bertha stays on track her first waves will start to arrive at Cape Cod beaches on Sunday. This could be a first rate swell with clean head+ starting a week from today and lasting for 2-3 days.
July 6th - Nantucket buoy currently showing 2' SSW at 8 secs. Knee high set waves! Light winds and foggy. Low tide is at 8:45am. Waist high on tap for Wednesday and Thursday. Bertha continues to develop nicely and could be sending nice long interval head+ waves to us starting next Saturday.
NOAA forecast for the Cape Cod area. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 12 July 2008 )
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Outlook as of July 5, 9:45am - Knee high today with light onshore wind. Low tide at 8pm. Tomorrow offers the same. Tropical low Bertha is forecast to tighten up and make the swing northward. There's a chance that next weekend we could see 2X overhead hurricane swell.
July 4, 9am -Knee to thigh high through Sunday. Wind is generally light onshore or offshore. Low tide is at 7:15pm. Water is still cold. 3/4 with boots is comfortable. There is a tropical low that has left the coast of Africa heading west - it might make the turn northward and give us some thing to shout about late next week.
July 3, 7:20am - Nantucket buoy showing 3.6' at 5 secs from S. Thigh high waves today. Wind will be blowing at 20+ from SW this afternoon, low tide at 6:15pm. Possible waist high tomorrow with morning rain showers. Small waves through weekend with intermittent thunderstorms.
July 2, 6:15am - Nantucket buoy showing 4.6' at 7 secs from S. Waist to chest high waves. Wind today is from S at 10 mph. Low tide this afternoon is 5:22. Wind will blow hard tomorrow from SW at 15-20 erasing much of the swell we've seen. Wind diminishes and blows onshore Friday and Saturday with wave heights respectively knee and waist.
July 1, 8am - Nothing like getting into the water to confirm a forecast. Waves this morning are waist to chest. Water is bumpy at Orleans from SSW wind. Should be cleaner at beaches N of Eastham. Water is cold... go with full suit (up to 3/4) with boots.
6:30am -Nantucket buoy showing 6.2' at 8 secs from SSW. Chest+ waves with light wind this morning. Wind increases to 12mph SSW during the day. Low tide today at 4:15 this afternoon. Tomorrow looks like chest high with 10mph wind from S.
June 30, 2:15pm - Nantucket buoy showing 5.9' at 9 secs from SSW. Looks nice out there! Wind isn't as strong as forecast. Chest+ this afternoon, chest high tomorrow, waist+ on Wed. Wind will be mostly SW. Go and get it! Low tide is at 3:25 this afternoon.
June 29 - Swell building from the south tonight through Monday with wind blowing SSW at 18 mph and gusting up to 25 on Monday afternoon. Wind diminishes on Tuesday to 15 mph from SSW and still more on Wednesday morning to around 10 mph from SW.
NOAA forecast for the Cape Cod area. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 06 July 2008 )
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Outlook as of Friday 8:10am - Nantucket buoy showing 2.3' from S at 10 secs. Thigh high waves. Light offshore wind this morning building to 10+ mph SSW this afternoon. Low tide is at 12:20. Tomorrow should see thigh+ waves. Sunday will be bumpy conditions with strong S wind. Monday and Tuesday could see chest high and clean.
Thursday 9:30am - Nantucket buoy showing 2' from SSE at 9 secs. Thigh high waves. Wind is currently SW at less than 10 mph, building to 15+ with gusts of 20+ later today. Low tide is at 11:52. Thunderstorms in the forecast so keep an eye on the sky. Knee high tomorrow. Wind starts coming in from E on Saturday and SE with some strength on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday could see chest high and clean.
Wednesday 5:45am - Nantucket buoy showing 3.9' from SSE at 7 secs. Waist high waves. Wind is NW at 10-15 mph this morning going W then SW this afternoon. Low tide is at 11:05. Not much in store for Thursday. Friday looks waist high again. Saturday and Sunday show stormy conditions. Monday could be very nice with head high on glass.
Tuesday 6:30am - Nantucket buoy showing 2.6' from SSE at 7 secs. Wind is light and water glassy. Low tide is at 10:15. Possible thunder storms in the afternoon. Tomorrow looks similar.
Monday 11:45am - High tide today is at 3:30. Nantucket buoy is showing 3.3' from SSW at 6 secs. S swell building up for Tuesday and it could be glassy for much of the day. Tomorrow's low tide is at 10:15. Plan on a long lunch.
Sunday 10:00 am - Nantucket buoy
showing 2.3' from S at 7 sec. Today's wind is SSW and S at 15 mph.
Thunderstorms are forecast for this afternoon. Waves will be from knee
to waist for the coming week. Tuesday looks like the best bet
with waist high and light offshore wind.
NOAA forecast for the Cape Cod area.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 29 June 2008 )
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