Dowses Beach

Dowses Beach is an ESE-facing beach break in Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. It picks up swell from ESE to SE, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 78% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the WNW: light winds or WNW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while ESE onshores chop it up.

Break

Beach

Faces

ESE (111°)

Best swell

ESE to SE (107°–133°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

WSW to NNW offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

ESE to SE (107.5° to 133.5°)

Offshore wind

WNW

Tide

NOAA station 8447605

Wave buoy

NANTUCKET SOUND · 16 km away

Cams

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