Overview

Lieutenant Island is a kitesurf spot located in Wellfleet, on the bay side of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. This island is connected to the mainland at low tide and surrounded by water at high tide. Cape Cod Bay body of water with flat water conditions and large sand flats at low tide.

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Spot forecast for Lieutenant Island

Sunrise 06:58 · Sunset 17:51

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

Next tides

High tide Tue 20 · 00:53 · 1.4 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 02:19 · 1.4 m
High tide Tue 20 · 06:05 · 3 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 07:10 · 3 m

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Lieutenant Island: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

287h

in January · 30 rideable days

The spot works year-round: 27 rideable days a month on average, at 14 °C. It peaks in January, with 287 hours of usable wind.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 72%13-20 knots · 25%21-30 knots · 3%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 72% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 2 °C. The wettest month is January, with 134 mm.

Monthly averages: Lieutenant Island

Monthly averages — Lieutenant Island — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	30.0	287 h	2 °C	134 mm
February	27.0	279 h	4 °C	74 mm
March	29.0	340 h	8 °C	128 mm
April	27.5	319 h	12 °C	134 mm
May	28.5	338 h	17 °C	126 mm
June	27.0	291 h	23 °C	52 mm
July	27.0	289 h	26 °C	86 mm
August	26.0	237 h	25 °C	61 mm
September	23.5	229 h	21 °C	75 mm
October	27.5	285 h	16 °C	82 mm
November	28.5	286 h	10 °C	72 mm
December	27.0	254 h	4 °C	96 mm

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Technical details of Lieutenant Island spot

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

Rideable Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

On the water

Cape Cod Bay body of water with flat water conditions. Large tidal range – landscape changing radically. Vast sand flats exposed at low tide. Very shallow water over great distances.

Hazards

Large tidal range – the access road can be submerged at high tide. Tidal currents around the island. Cold water year-round. Sharks possible in Cape Cod Bay. Road access limited by tide.

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