Nauset Beach, Cape Cod

Showers changing rooms and bathrooms with plenty of parking and food trucks. Beach is huge so doesn't feel crowded.

It is clean and not crowded at the time of year we visit (spring and fall)

Easy access. Beautiful Sandy beach for walking, relaxing or swimming.

Was unique to me, with its length, periodic grandfathered tiny primitive cabins, and shallow incline on Bay side at low tide

We liked Nauset Beach as there were large waves and a wide sandy beach and we did a lot of walking. Also found a great place for a vegan lunch, the Sunbird Cafe, in Orleans.

This is my favorite of the National Seashore beaches. Consider getting a fire permit for an evening fire on the beach-S'mores are great if you can keep the sand out of your marshmallows! But really- thise evening fires on the beach are magic.

Over sand is the way to go!!!

Great spot to watch the sunset as the waves crash onshore .

Best waves. Love this beach!

By far my family’s favorite beach! The waves are incredibly!! Plus every time we go we see seals in the water! Also our favorite spot to take dinner on the beach, a must do for sure.

Great waves, good for a long walk.

absolutely beautiful beach for walks or enjoying the day. Lots of parking with the new added lot.

Lots of parking, beautiful sand and surf! Convenient bathrooms and changing rooms.

This is one of our favorite places in the world. Water can be cold but often isn’t. Great waves, beautiful sand, you can walk for miles. You will see a lot of nice families there.

Go after hours and bring a picnic. Beautiful at night and less buggy than the bay beaches.

Huge beach, soft sand best time is early am before the crowds come, restrooms were not on open, there were portopottys, only reason they have 4 stars instead of 5, but i am told they will have the restroom open within the next few weeks. Water is rough and not kid friendly, but still my favorite beach.

Clean, beautiful, always seals to watch. Waking the beach, waves.

My favorite beach in the world. Perfect for long walks.

One of the roomiest and most beautiful beaches on Cape Cod.

Pristine beach, great for long walks and bird and seal watching.

Beautiful beach, very clean and only a 30min ride from Yarmouth! The view is amazing - a must see Beach!

Convenient to the home, large beach, and Seals!

One of the things I liked best about staying at Wendy & Tom's was how central it was to so many places on the Cape. We visited a diffrent beach every day and we loved them all. But I think Nauset was my favorite for watching the sunrise. I woke up early and drove out there to watch the sunrise almost every day of our stay.

Fantastic beach, easy access on and off the beach. Great parking. Food trucks and bathrooms available in parking lot.

Perfect Cape experience! Clean, lots of bathrooms, and dressing rooms! Wonderful beach to make family memories!

Nauset is very large. It's excellent for taking a long walk, watching seals swim by and just relaxing.

The beach is great! It's so great, that the Great Whites love it too!

Get there early on the weekends to get parking! Wonderful clean white sand beach.

Beach itself is amazing. Swimming was tougher than beaches like Marconi because the sandbar is gone so, cant walk out very far during low tide. But, the beach itself is just the best.

Beautiful undeveloped beach. Every year the beach changes and every day you see something different. Very relaxing. Take a long walk to the Town Cove to explore the tidal pools or walk south and enjoy the desert island feel of the beach.

The beach is clean, close to the cottage, has facilities and food. What more could you ask?

We went to Nauset Beach twice. The sand was pristine. We saw many seals swimming by, which our younger kids loved. There were bathrooms nearby, which was very convenient. There was a food truck in the parking lot. The food was very good. The whole experience was wonderful!

The beach is long which was ideal for morning walks. We love being by the ocean where we can enjoy the surf and relax.

If you have a 4X4, venture to Nauset Outer Beach for one of the most enjoyable beach experience. This is a great place for those (big and small) that loves adventures and natural scenery. Have fun driving on the sand road and enjoying beautiful sunshine. An annual permit sticker is required to enter the outer beach.

Nausset beach....the waves are fun and the beach is spacious.

Long expanse of sand and ocean.....great surf while we were there!

Huge - plenty of room to social distance.
Big waves
Bathrooms

We walk to this beach from the house [Vacation Rental 29075] and we love the proximity to the inlet where we can watch the seals from a safe distance.

Covid has everyone wearing masks to and from the parking lot and everyone seemed to respect that request. Blankets were at least 6ft away from each other and the lifeguards were on point!

It is a short drive away and it’s never too crowded. We appreciate the rest rooms. It is free after 4:30.

Classic east coast Atlantic beach, great for long walks, soft sands and best amenities (showers, changing rooms, clean restrooms, food/ice cream trucks)...We liked Covell, Loop and Oregon beaches too.

Very clean beach with soft white sand and beautiful views.

Worth the drive, leave early but worth it. Spacious. clean, waves, perfect.

Good for long beach walks.

the beach and back atmosphere are awesome. Body surfing is amazing when the wave are. Sand is great for sand castles and sculptures. Plenty of room for paddle board and other beach games. You must be patient is there is a shark sighting, as it will be an hour before you are allowed back in the water.
Seals swim off the coast which are nice to see.
We go in the evening after dark as well. It is cathartic to gaze out across the ocean at night when the beach is practically deserted and do some star gazing as well. It is awe inspiring to "feel" the vastness of the ocean and see Milky Way Galaxy span overhead.

The beach was small and manageable.

Lots of seals and beautiful sunsets!

Other than a couple shark sightings (which made it exciting) the beach here was big, well maintained, easy to park at. It had showers for rinsing off before leaving. It was not terribly crowded so distancing from others was easy. Kids loved the great waves.

Lifeguards really look out for kids and sharks.

Nauset beach in Orleans is just a short 20 minute drive [vacation rental id 23725] if you're looking for some bigger waves. We often went after 4:30 when it wasn't as crowded and you didn't have to pay for parking then. Beautiful beach!

Nauset Beach is the perfect Cape ocean beach. The spit has grown in the past years and reaches farther to the north than in the past. The harbor on one side is a wonderful place to kayak, paddleboard, swim. The ocean beach on the other side is great for long walks and swimming in the surf. If you like to have bathrooms and food trucks, walk to the city end of the beach. If you like to be far from the madding crowd, walk the other way!

Wild, natural, vistas for as far as the eyes can see

Clean, wide sandy area for sitting in the sun or walking the shore, the breeze it lovely. It's a great place to relax and enjoy a fun filled day or a peaceful evening listening to the waves.

Sharks! Sure that sounds scary but it makes your beach trip so much fun wondering whats out there. Plus, the lifeguards are great and always keeping an eye on things for us. There are great waves that go on forever. Its just beautiful. My favorite place on the Cape.

After Labor Day you can walk Nauset and the Atlantic Ocean is yours.

Nauset is a beautiful wide, long beach. It’s easy to walk and walk. The parking lot has bathrooms, changing areas, and food (seasonal).

Very beautiful sand and really cold water!

Nauset Beach was great. Lots of big waves and a short walk from the parking lot. There are signs about sharks for everyone’s safety. There are life guards on watch, as well as park rangers. We didn’t have any worries and just enjoyed ourselves. We watched a lot of surfers & spotted the cute seals.

Great waves and seal watching...we never saw a shark but there were spottings every day.

Beautiful beach with perfect amenities such as the food trucks, changing stations, bathrooms, etc.

Sandy beach with little seaweed and rocks. Miles of scarcely populated shoreline that is perfect for morning walks and the thrill of shark sightings.

Clean beach, no rocks, great waves for boogie boarding.

Clean beach with nice waves and plenty of parking. Plenty of room on beach to spread out.

This beach has plenty of parking. Easy accesses to the beach. Nice bathhouse and Food Trucks!

Beautiful clear water! Lots of parking and bathrooms. There are food trucks with a variety of options- loved the ice cream and nachos. Great waves for boogie boarding and jumping. It's a sandy beach that doesn't have a lot of shells and rocks.

Beach has relatively easy access from parking lot and to restrooms. Important if you have kids and all the stuff to make for a comfortable day on the beach.

Easy parking, close walk to beach. Clean, wide. The best beach I’ve ever seen.

Beautiful look it up!

We have been coming to Nauset for many years. It is the most beautiful beach sharks and all. There are areas on the unprotected ends of the beach that are quiet if you dont like crowds. We miss Liams but they have food trucks now and concerts in the evening. The only downfall is they did lose parking when they put in the food trucks but there is another parking lot. Get there before 10 am!

What's better than Cape Cod's National Seashore? Nothing! The best beach for waves, walks and relaxation.

Fun family ocean beach day. Clean, easy access to food, bathrooms and plenty of space to play. Plenty of lifeguards. Parking a breeze.

have to visit the national seashore...only seals, no sharks.

The beach is clean, the water was warm, and there are restrooms and food trucks. Very sad that Liam’s is gone though.

Where else can you go sit in the beach and watch seals swim within fifty yards of the shore, whales in plain view on several occasions as well. Shark sightings add an extra excitement to the day!

Great beach for families. Shark sightings made the visit a bit shorter for us.

This is a lovely beach. You can take a long walk and be by yourself if you want. I also recommend the Sharktivity App which is a lot of fun as well as very helpful for safety!!!

Not crowded; great facilities.

Terrific National Seashore Beach, nice on and off, no cliffs to climb, plenty of parking, great food trucks!

Nauset Beach is huge with all the amenities. Miss not having Liam's though. Big parking lot also. Lots of room for everyone. And it is only a few minutes from the cottage. [Vacation Rental ID 27066]

In September the beach is perfect for long walks with no crowds and no charge for parking. Beautiful in sun, fog, wind... always magnificent.

None better on the eastern seaboard... missed Liam's but the replacement food trucks were good!

20 YEARS GOING AND WILL CONTINUE. Beach is clean and lifeguards always on staff. Parking is never an issue. Worth the trip!! Won't disappoint.

Nauset Beach has been our favorite one for years, but we also regularly visit Marconi, Coast Guard, and Cahoon Hollow. Nauset is best to the extreme right as you look at the water because normally there are fewer rocks to navigate when you go in the water and the waves are better for kids, especially at low tide. Seals at both Nauset and Coast Guard are plentiful and fun to watch. Sunrise at Nauset is spectacular and sunsets at Skaket Beach on the bay are, too.

Beautiful, spacious and raw. The seals and sharks added excitement - just be aware that the water is cold over that side.

We love going to the outer beaches (Nauset Spit) with a four wheeled drive Jeep

wake boarding with the kids minus the sharks ;)

Take a lesson with the happy-fun instructors from Nauset Surf School. I love these guys (and gals)

We have been coming to the Cape for over thirty years and Nauset has become our favorite. We love to come during the day, but also love to come after hours, and enjoy being there at dusk.

Nauset Beach has always been my favorite beach for a number of reasons:
I grew up going there every year as a child into my adult years, it’s always been close to we stay, it’s clean, safe and also very beautiful.

It has a HUGE parking lot. There are bathrooms centrally located and the walk to the beach is not far. We also loved the food trucks!

The most beautiful beach I've ever seen with miles of sand and surf. But in recent years, sharks have become an issue. And there are wonderful beeaches in every direction near and far. Try West Dennis.

Seals, whales to see and amazing views and beach was beautiful.

We visited Nauset Beach in Orleans twice and the surf was wild following the after effects of Irma and Maria. We loved the pounding surf and the quiet of the beach in late September.

Long stretch of white sand, perfect for walks. Good surf.

We got married here! This is a great beach! Not too many stairs or a huge incline to navigate either.

Reasons why we like Nauset beach

- the waves
- Liam's
- the breeze
- the sand (not too many rocks)
- lifeguards
- proximity to the rental

Great surf and beautiful beach. Lots of seals in the water, so need to be aware of sharks. The kids rode the waves on their boogie boards for hours at a time, day after day.

Amazing surf. Wonderful high and low tides. Beautiful deep sand.

Big waves, easy access to bath house and snack bar, nice sand, clear water and a fun place for people watching.

We have older children, so they enjoy the waves. I enjoy that I can walk the beach forever. When our children were smaller, we loved Skaket with the tidal pools and calm surf.

Many people prefer Mayflower Beach, but if you are more interested in waves and boogie boarding, Nauset is the beach for you!

Great waves, easy parking, beautiful drive from Chatham, great snack shack.

Excellent beach with great facilities. Plenty of parking ($20) or free after 4.30pm. Just be careful if there's a warning flag flying regarding Great Whites!

Bigger waves on this beach compared to other visited

Great beach near the house [Orleans Vacation Rental ID 19054]- easy access, ample parking, beach amenities and great for swimming

The beach has plenty of parking, easy access and great snacks at Liam's.

Beach is miles long, not crowded after Labor Day, is wonderful for walks and scenery. Clean ample parking and good restrooms.

If you want crashing waves, watching the surfers, baking in the sun, walking the beach, this is the place we love to go!

So clean! Great snack bar! Waves were awesome!

Big waves, large dunes, and lifeguards. We loved the national seashore. We bought the season pass for $60, as opposed to $20/day. The parking lot fills up by 10am. We brought our bikes and biked the 1/2mile to beach since we got up too late for the parking lot and that worked out fine.

Beautiful sand and we enjoyed watching the seals.

Great waves. Plenty of parking. Liam's snack shack. Friendly families enjoying the sun.

Great waves, great views, and long walks.

Sunset all the seals came out

We went on a blustery day but it was still beautiful and I could imagine that it would be very popular in the summer

Large area for parking, or dropping someone off. Shops to buy a sandwich, close.
No steep steps...one can walk right out (better for little ones and elders)
Reminds me of the Cape Beaches I grew up visiting.
Also love Bay beaches for swimming...First Encounter and Campground (great for rafts/tubes)

Large, expansive beach... great for parking yourself on your towel or walking along the shore. Water is a little cold but surf is wonderful!

Waves, great diversity of guests, services and Liam's onion rings.

Great waves! Clean beach and clean sanitaries!

Nauset is just great. Get there early for parking, though. Concerts at the gazebo are really fun. A great experience every year.

Nauset Beach expands for miles both north and south, providing endless sandbars to explore, beach combing, and long, peaceful walks.

Nauset is our favorite Beach in Orleans. I collect rocks and pebbles from the beach and take them home. Free landscaping and seeing them reminds me of my fav beach in CC.

This beach was lovely. It was very close to where we were staying so we were able to go there very easily. The beach was very clean and seemed very safe, even at sunrise and at night. We attended a free concert in the gazebo and enjoyed milkshakes at Liam's. We hope to come back!

Very clean beach in walking access from the rented house Orleans Vacation Rental ID 5026.

Best beach snack shop on the Cape (Liam's). Get the onion rings!

Big open beach with a beautiful view and seals to watch swim.

The beach is fabulous, close enough to the cape house we were staying in Chatham with long stretches of ocean waves. The beach has open bathrooms, a food cook-shack with some amazing fresh seafood and visually stunning to look out to. We visited beaches all the way up to Wellfleet and Nauset Beach still remains our favorite.

It was very close [Property ID 4949], it had good restrooms, the snack bar had many choices, and the beach was lovely.

Walk a little ways to the left or right of the main beach for a quiet beach experience. The evenings at Nauset are unbelievably beautiful.

You have easy access to the public Nauset Beach (without having to fight for a parking place) with lifeguards and the fabulous onion rings at Liam's. But you also have direct walking access to the connected private beach which has no lifeguards but has the benefit of privacy and fewer crowds.

Great ocean waves, older kids will love it. Large parking lot so no trouble parking and lots of room on the beach so it never felt crowded. Also, nice facilities: restrooms & snack bar

Easy to park, plenty spaces.
When you arrive don't be put off by the vast crowds of people sandwiched between the lifeguard stations - turn left and walk a few hundred yards and the people thin out dramatically, and you are on a stunning white sand beach with lovely waves. Not really a swimming place (cold sea, currents etc).

We love the surf and the long stretch of beach for walking.

Plenty of space good for early morning walk and seal spotting. Can be reached on foot from the house [Property ID 22515]

The waves at Nauset were big and our son totally enjoyed them. It's only a 15-20 minute ride from the townhouse [Property ID 4735].

It has real waves and an amazingly dramatic scale. You can stay with the civilization and eat there at the clam shack or walk a bit and be left alone. It is also very family friendly.

Great place. Just get there before 10AM or parking and beach fill.

It was very easy to get to this beach, the waves were big, the water was clean, enjoyed the food and enjoyed watching the seals. Also plenty of parking.

Great beach for the family. Onion rings still wonderful!

Best beach on the cape, ample parking, good facilities, plenty of room on beach, & Liams.

Cold water, but great waves. It was a little windy at the beginning of the week (following a hurricane) but become more beautiful every day.

Great surf, seal watching, and Liam's onion rings

Great waves for surfing and boogie boarding!

See pictures!

Nauset is a special beach in every way!

$15 for a car load per day. Not real crowded (shoulder season). Great services. Clean. Friendly staff and patrons.

Great waves, sand and sightseeing, as well as proximity to Liam's onion rings.

Great beach for watching, and body surfing (although it IS a little cold!) Plus, you have Liam's for the best fried clams and onion rings on the Cape!

The beach is on the ocean and, well, "The smell of the water, the sound of the sea, make me ever so happy just to be me". The beach is sandy, really large, and you can walk along the ocean forever... You can always find a private place away from the hustle and bustle, but if need be there are all the necessary facilities including the fun Liam restaurant...

Good waves, water not full of seaweed, and Liams seafood shack is there (great fried onion rings)

It was fun using boogie boards on the surf!

Beautiful and clean......lots of waves for active kiddos!

Although we spent most of our days on the beach at Linnell Landing, we enjoyed a day on Nauset Beach which is Oceanside (seals = sharks so beware) but it was beautiful and plenty of lifeguards and bathrooms & showers and a great place to eat too! Get there early to get parking!

We loved all three of the beaches we visited. The private association beach on Pleasant Bay; Nauset with its fun waves, hot sand, and Liam's fried onion rings; and Skaket's kid-friendly tidal flats.

The waves are awesome and you can't beat Liam's.

We love the ocean! This beach is clean and there are public restrooms available.

We like it because you can park near the beach, there are only a few stairs to a short walk down the path to the beach.