Overview

Skaket Beach is a kitesurf spot located in Orleans, on the bay side (Cape Cod Bay) of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. This beach offers vast sand flats at low tide with flat water conditions. One of the popular mid-Cape spots for kiting.

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Spot forecast for Skaket Beach

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

Low tide Tue 20 · 02:20 · 1.4 m
High tide Tue 20 · 06:03 · 3 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 07:10 · 3 m
High tide Tue 20 · 08:35 · 3.1 m

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Skaket Beach: 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

324h

in March · 29.5 rideable days

The spot works year-round: 27 rideable days a month on average, at 14 °C. It peaks in March, with 324 hours of usable wind.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 75%13-20 knots · 22%21-30 knots · 3%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 75% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 2 °C. The wettest month is March, with 167 mm.

Monthly averages: Skaket Beach

Monthly averages — Skaket Beach — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	29.0	273 h	2 °C	114 mm
February	25.5	264 h	4 °C	75 mm
March	29.5	324 h	8 °C	167 mm
April	28.5	308 h	12 °C	114 mm
May	27.5	309 h	17 °C	108 mm
June	23.5	262 h	24 °C	35 mm
July	27.0	274 h	26 °C	11 mm
August	24.5	227 h	26 °C	39 mm
September	23.0	206 h	22 °C	84 mm
October	27.5	265 h	16 °C	107 mm
November	28.0	272 h	10 °C	73 mm
December	24.5	228 h	4 °C	97 mm

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Technical details of Skaket Beach spot

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

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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 to light chop conditions. Large tidal range – the beach extends hundreds of meters at low tide. Very shallow water. Moderate tidal currents.

Hazards

Large tidal range – tide rises quickly. Cold water year-round. Sharks possible in Cape Cod Bay in summer. Swimmers in summer. Tidal currents in channels.

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EW7574 Orleans2.9 kmsource noaa

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EW5056 Brewster MA US5.5 km

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FW9103 Orleans2.1 km

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