Lieutenant Island Beach

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What is Lieutenant Island Beach like?

Tidal flat beach accessible by causeway at low tide, offering vast sandbars and calm warm water on Wellfleet Harbor. The island becomes accessible for several hours around low tide, revealing extensive tidal flats ideal for exploring. Families with young children love the shallow, warm water. Check tide charts before visiting — the causeway floods at high tide.

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Lieutenant Island Beach

Get directions

Lieutenant Island Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667

Rules from Town of Wellfleet (opens in a new tab). Check before you go; they change by season.

When should you go?

Best time to go

Checking today’s tides and sun times…

Now52°FClear

Wind10 mphFrom the NW

Water61°FWaves 3.8 ft

Tides · next 24 hoursNOAA · Wellfleet

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What’s there?

Faces: Not noted
Water: Shallow
Current: Calm, slow
Restrooms: Not noted
Food: Not noted
Lifeguards: Not noted
Parking: Free
Dogs: Allowed (leashed)
Fishing: Not noted
Kayak / SUP: Not noted

What should you know before you go?

Parking

Small pulloff at causeway head on Lieutenant Island Road

Dogs

Allowed (leashed)

Best for

Calm Water, Families, Shelling, Tide Pools, Young Kids

Where is it?

Lieutenant Island Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667.

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What is Lieutenant Island Beach like?

Where else can you swim in Wellfleet?

Harbor

Wellfleet Town Pier Beach

Free parkingDogs: allowed (leashed)

Small harbor beach adjacent to Wellfleet's working fishing pier and marina. A quiet spot to watch oyster boats and fishing vessels come and go. The protected harbor water is calm and great for young children to splash around. The surrounding area has a charming working-waterfront atmosphere.

Listed & Verified · Verified 2026-06-25

See details

Ocean / Atlantic

Marconi Beach

Sticker or daily feeDogs: not allowed

A dramatic Atlantic Ocean beach within Cape Cod National Seashore, named for the nearby Marconi Wireless Station site where the first U.S.-to-England transatlantic message was sent in 1903. Backed by a roughly 40-foot sand cliff, it offers open Atlantic surf, a seasonal bathhouse with restrooms and rinse-off showers, and lifeguards on duty from late June through Labor Day. Strong surf and currents; swim near the lifeguard stand.

CCC Visited · Verified 2026-06-25

See details

Ocean / Atlantic

White Crest Beach

Sticker or daily feeDogs: off-season only

White Crest Beach is one of the Outer Cape's most dramatic Atlantic-side beaches, with towering white sand bluffs rising sharply above the shoreline and a powerful east-facing surf break that reliably draws surfers and bodyboarders season after season. A surf school operates seasonally from the parking area, making it a good launching point for beginners willing to take on real ocean waves. No lifeguard on duty; experienced ocean swimmers only.

CCC Visited · Verified 2026-06-27

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Ocean / Atlantic

Cahoon Hollow Beach

Sticker or daily feeDogs: off-season only

Cahoon Hollow Beach is Wellfleet's social epicenter on the Atlantic side, home to The Beachcomber — a legendary open-air bar and restaurant perched atop the bluffs that has made the post-surf tradition here as much a Cape rite of passage as the beach itself. The ocean beach is classic Outer Cape: wide, east-facing for sunrise, backed by dramatic sand cliffs, and breaking with powerful surf that rewards experienced swimmers. Arrive early on summer days — the lot fills fast once The Beachcomber opens.

CCC Visited · Verified 2026-06-27

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Ocean / Atlantic

Newcomb Hollow Beach

Sticker or daily feeDogs: off-season only

Newcomb Hollow is the most open and remote-feeling of Wellfleet's Atlantic-side beaches, with a broad uninterrupted strand that stretches in both directions and fewer amenities than neighboring Cahoon Hollow — which translates to fewer crowds and more room to breathe even on busy weekends. The east-facing exposure delivers picture-perfect sunrises, and the powerful Atlantic surf produces excellent wave action for surfers and experienced ocean swimmers. The surf's edge at dawn is also prime surfcasting territory.

CCC Visited · Verified 2026-06-27

See details

Ocean / Atlantic

LeCount Hollow Beach (Maguire Landing)

Sticker or daily feeDogs: off-season only

LeCount Hollow Beach — also known as Maguire Landing — is a wide-open Atlantic beach flanked by tall sand-and-scrub bluffs that provide a natural windbreak and a classic Outer Cape backdrop. The east-facing shoreline catches the day's first light for some of the Cape's finest sunrises, and the powerful surf makes it a reliable destination for experienced surfers and bodyboarders. Minimal facilities keep it feeling raw and uncrowded compared to the bigger lots up the road.

CCC Visited · Verified 2026-06-27

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