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Cape Cod Beaches

Explore beaches on Cape Cod National Seashore, Cape Cod Bay, Nantucket Sound and Buzzards Bay

Cape Cod is world renowned for their beaches. With over 600 miles of gorgeous sandy coastline, you are always within an easy walk, bike, or drive of a beautiful beach. What's more, the beaches are both abundant and diverse in nature: from the calm, sandy flats of Cape Cod Bay to the more exciting surf of the National Seashore which faces the Atlantic ocean.

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Cape Cod Beach Reviews

First Encounter Beach

First Encounter Beach, Eastham
8/23/2025

We loved visiting First Encounter Beach — it was great at low tide for kids to explore the tidal pools and find marine life and shells. At high tide, it was a safe environment to wade and swim.


Nyack, NY
1 review
Member since: Nov 2023

Coastguard Beach

Coastguard Beach, Eastham
8/16/2025

You have to park and shuttle to the beach. But we love the orientation of the sun, the amount of sand, the sand bar when low tide etc.


USA
1 review
Member since: Jan 2015

Nauset Beach

Nauset Beach, Orleans
7/20/2025

Hands down best beach on the Cape! Clean, busy but tons of space, food available (but bringing your own is part of the experience)! Waves can be strong so keep a close eye on the kiddos, and yes, you may get called out of the water because of a shark siting.


New York, NY
1 review
Member since: Jul 2019

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