Coastguard Beach, Cape Cod

Amazing beach to walk in October with our kids and dog. The bluffs were gorgeous! So wide open and beautiful.

Long bike ride to get there and endless walk on the beach! the best!!!

Quick drive. Easy access. Excellent parking. Wide sandy beach. Full bathroom facilities.

Coast Guard beach is breathtaking and had shallow water for our kids to enjoy swimming with boogie boards.

The ocean at Coast Guard has great waves, and the restroom and changing rooms are clean and convenient. Parking and access by the National Park Service tram system is free for seniors like us with our lifetime pass. Plus our daughter and family own a home in Eastham so they have access privileges as Eastham property owners.

Pristine beach with beautiful sunsets, great waves for surfing and the most stunning views!

Was nice to park and have the trolley pick you up AND NEVER HAD TO WAIT LONG. all the beaches and ponds are great, honestly. Also the fact it was so close to our rental was a huge plus!

This has always been our favorite beach. We never get up at the crack of dawn while on vacation and Coast Guard beach is never full too early. We love the trolley ride and the beach is beautiful. Gorgeous views, great waves and occasional seals.

Take a tram to get there, beautiful ocean beach.

Coast guard beach has plenty of parking. Short tram ride to beach. Beautiful beach with white sand dunes and nature. Saw many seals. Water is clean and clear. Great waves. Good for boogie boarding and surfing

My favorite beach! Wheel Chair accessible, quick tram ride from the parking lot, plenty of room for beach goers, enjoyed watching the surfers, clean bathrooms and picture perfect stretch of beach!

Close by, easy access with tram, not too crowded

I just feel like I am home. It is beautiful.

One of our favorite National seashore beaches.
Ease of parking and using the shuttle.
Great facilities at the beach- bathrooms and showers.

Great place to spend the evening. Bring bug spray though

We enjoyed watching the monster surf kicked up far out at sea by Hurricane Teddy. Thrilling. On normal days, it’s the loveliest beach along the outer Cape (easiest to access of all the Outer Cape beaches) which I’ve enjoyed since the early 40’s!

Great waves! Clean! Easy transportation via shuttle.

I love the sound of the ocean, so Coast Guard Beach was heaven for me. Although I am not strong enough to swim in the surf, walking at the edge where ocean meets land is just the best! One morning the fog was rolling around, and through it we saw glimpses of seals. There were no crowds, and since I have a National Park pass, I returned every day, mostly in the morning for my daily walk. The National Park Headquarters was essentially closed, giving me a good reason to return another year so I can learn more about this national treasure.

This is just a great beach. The fact that it's handicap-accessible makes it easy for everyone to tote all of their beach gear to a prime spot! You're also bound to see a seal or two.

Love the seals, sandbars at low tide, and long walk ability.

Wonderful to walk out on the many sand bars at low tide. The entrance area, where you walk down to the beach, is in real need of improvement though.

This is one of our favorite beaches in Eastham with plenty of parking at the shuttle lot and good facilities/showers.

Nice sand bar for kids to swim on. Great view of the Atlantic. Plenty of parking. Shuttle to beach was not an issue. We packed a lot of gear and they run frequently enough that you do not feel delayed in getting to the beach. In fact the shuttle made us leave the beach in a timely manner so that we were not rushed for dinner reservations by over staying at the beach. Pick this beach on a night you have dinner plans and a set schedule. Suggest that when going to this beach set up to the left when entering on to the shore. I think there are more biting flies on the right side of the beach closer to the marshes.

Great waves, no rocks, shark sightings!!

love this beach! The water is always just cold enough and the waves are endless and BIG!

Very clean...easy to get in and out of NO big hills to climb

Very clean area, good waves for surf-boarding, large parking area.

Low Tide is best ! Perfect Cape ocean beach.

We love coastguard for the long walk and the seal sightings!

The kids love the tram. It is a great beach with clean bathrooms.

It only got 4 because that shuttle is royal pain.

Coastguard Beach is close by and the lot doesn't fill up as early as Nauset. We are usually there for a week and alternate between Marconi, Nauset and Coast Guard. We try to catch the sunset at First Encounter at least 5 of the nights we are on vacation, as well as the Orleans fireworks if the timing works out.

Breathtaking views and amazing waves, so relaxing and beautiful....

Beautiful and open with short bluffs at your back. Lots of seals hauled out on sand bar at confluence with Nauset Marsh - quite vocal & animated & so much fun to watch! We also got a really nice look at a Peregrine falcon on the beach one morning.

Great beach, especially at low tide then it is an easy walk out. Saw dozens of seals.

Beautiful views, smaller waves and little seaweed.

The beach is beautiful, easy to find a spot with all the chairs, blanket etc. Having a ramp to walk from the bath house rather than stairs is a real bonus making it much easier. The waves were beautful, exciting and relaxing to watch.

My teenagers love Coastguard Beach for body surfing and boogie boarding. It's nice to catch the shuttle, too, so you don't have to walk miles back to your car.

The parking and tram ride is easy and the beach is beautiful!

The tram to get you to the beach with all of your gear is awesome and there's a shower to rinse off after a day on the beach!

Great waves an you get to swim with the SEALS!!!

One of the best in the country! Great history and views of Nauset Bay.

Coastguard Beach is one of many beautiful beaches on the Cape. We chose this one as our favorite because of its location and ease, by way of sufficient parking and tram transport from the lot. The beach is literally ten minutes from the Cottage. My husband road his bike there with no issues. Bathrooms are plntiful, with outdoor showers to clean off the day's sand. Enjoy!

Best beach to body surf!

I like to ride my bike to Coast Guard at low tide and walk down the beach to see the seals hanging out on the sand bars. They are quite a sight, hundreds of them resting and sunning themselves!

Beautiful, not too crowded and great swimming and wave jumping.

Big sand dunes, shuttle parking - get there early for your place -nice change rooms. Not to far to travel.

Good waves when tide in, fun to walk the sand bars when tide out. Nice beach to walk along as well.

We loved Campground Beach and went there every day but the large colonies of seals made our trip to Coast Guard Beach a special experience.

The Seals swim by in the afternoon, It is unbelievable!

Just beautiful. My children love to ride the waves.

Really easy acces. If we had planned better it would be great for family picnicing.

We like to park in the Salt Pond Visitor's Center (for free) and ride our bicycles to the beach.

Huge Dunes and plenty of place to spread out.

One of our favorite beaches is Coast Guard Beach in Eastham. This beach is simply beautiful, the waves are great, and during low tide the sand bars and tidal pools make for great exploring. The shoreline has very fine sand, little to no rocks/seaweed, and is fully staffed with lifeguards, and the trams run throughout the day for easy access to/from the beach.

We chose not to get a Brewster beach pass and used the national seashore instead. This beach is quite beautiful and the shuttle is easy to use.

Breath taking views from the trolley, great place to boggie board, clean bathrooms.

I love the walk to the water at this beach and the grand, elevated staircase. The view of the light house is awesome. Great sand bars at low tide too. We saw lots of seals and and surfers in the early evening. Sunrise walks are lovely too. Parking is free early in morning and early evening.

We like the ocean for the waves, dunes and seals; the ponds for their sparkling, clear, refreshing water and the bay beaches for the sea critters, warmer and gentler soft water and beautiful sea grasses and kayaking...

Perfect for all ages, small as 4 years old or teenager of 12. (water cold)

We love this beach for so many reasons. Sand bars make it a great place for boogie boarding, it is clean, not nearly as rocky as its neighbor Nauset Light, and it is a great place to beach comb and check out the local seals. Since it is part of a National Park, it is protected from commercial development.

lovely beach with big waves-life guards are great. I have been coming here since I was a child

Have a beach fire at night on the beach--its amazing! (permit required from the national seashore a few days in advance--but its well worth the trouble!)

The Coast Guard Beach in Eastham was beautiful with the dunes and wide beach. Just great for sunning or playing in the water.

I LOVE this place. Even bundled up against the cold wind, I was in heaven. I even wrote a poem about the experience later. Miles of white curvy beach, high tide swells of surfer dream waves, and sun...walking...gulls....smiling visitors. To me this was God saying "all is well, be refreshed and renewed!"

We visited while a strong storm passed well off shore producing 10 foot surf. There were many surfers drawn to the beach as well as wake boarders. We spent hours watching them try to catch the perfect wave! It was a fairly easy bike ride away [Property ID 23848].

We like Coast Guard beach because, at low tide, you can see hundreds of seals out on the sand bar.

This oceanside beach makes a nice change from the bay, and is a quick drive up 6A from the cottage [Property ID 6632].

A great Cape Ocean beach. But they all seem great; the advantage of this one is that there is adequate parking, and we can bike there from Brewster.

No wonder why it is sooooo busy, white sand, shallow waters, big waves... loving it, went twice... a little nippy though... 60 degrees keeps you awake

Beautiful, soft sand, loved watching the seals. In summer, get to the parking lot by 10am.

Coast Guard Beach offers expansive views and low tides that bring awesome boogie boarding waves! It is a stunning beach that takes you away from it all!

We hiked from the Visitor's center down to Coast Guard Beach, a little over a mile. It was a beautiful walk. The beach itself was not crowded and very picturesque. Just what you expect to see in New England!

Must visit, quite an adventure to access by bike or vehicle.

Beautiful views, great waves for kids.

Coast Guard Beach located in Eastham is one of our favorite beaches... ample parking, shuttle service to and from the beach, BIG waves which are great for boogie boarding or body surfing.

The grandchildren and I love to boggie boad in the waves

Kids love bus ride, beach is big and clean with nice waves.

Park your car and take a quick bus ride to the beach. There were great waves! A bunch of people were surfing with long boards. Nice sand and not any seaweed.

If you have someone in your party who is 62, buy a lifetime parking pass for the National Seashore. Best deal going! This beautiful beach had great amenities, big surf and a variety of wildlife.

Shuttle bus ride from parking. Clean sand, bathrooms, and amazing water.

You cannot find a better beach in New England!