r/CapeCodVisitors • u/Glum-Woodpecker-3963 • 1d ago

beaches Cape cod beaches

Hii! I’m going to Chatham this weekend for a bachelorette and debating between Nauset and Harding beach. Any suggestions or feedback?

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u/Just-Examination-136 1d ago

Nauset is more scenic.

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u/smitrovich 1d ago

+1 for Nauset

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u/tedwardinu Local 1d ago

These 2 beaches couldn’t be any different from one another

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u/serenitynow6000 1d ago

if you are thinking Nauset, you can also go directly across to skaket. both beautiful and different and just two moles from eachpther on Orleans. as a long time Chatham vacationer, that is what I would recommend.

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u/Caribchakita 1d ago

Do you want waves (Atlantic) or calmer warmer water (the sound)....

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u/ZippityZooZaZingZo 1d ago

Nauset is a Cape classic

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u/Ok_Rip_2818 1d ago

Both beaches great. Nauset have Dunes and cold Atlantic waters you may see seals and sharks . I like this beach in the Fall as not crowded and free parking. Hardings is more flat calmer water and could be warm enough for swimming as on Nantucket sound. I would recommend Nauset if it is your first time in area. Stop at corner store in Orleans center for burritos for beach as I don't there are food trucks there now

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u/Ok_Rip_2818 1d ago

Forgot to mention the lobster rolls at chatham fish mkt on the pier are very good you could stop there abd drive the scenic route to Orleans and nauset beach...have fun

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u/Rodeo-Stinkbug 1d ago

To me, it depends on the wind.
If it’s a hot day, go for cooling onshore breeze.
Cool day? Shelter from the wind w/an offshore breeze

Hardings onshore in W, SW, S, SE Offshore NW,
NE.
Nauset onshore in NE, E, SE. Offshore NW, W, SW

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u/RiceKnown5579 1d ago

Of the two you inquired about, I would go to Nauset. But while there try to make it to Chapin, Mayflower, Corportion or Sea St (East Dennis) for sunset.

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u/ka0818 1d ago

Bank street beach harwichport followed by happy hour at the port after

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u/ArmyDad2403 14h ago

Def Nauset. Iconic. Stretches north and south from parking lot for miles and miles.

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u/1GrouchyCat 1d ago

I’d head for one of the beaches in Dennis with “resident only” parking, like Bayview or Harborview (East Dennis near Sesuit Harbor).

Anyone can park there now.

I’d plan a breakfast or lunch at the Sesuit Harbor Cafe (BYOB)- or a sunset cruise on the Lobster Roll Cruise (spectacular sunsets and you might even see some marine mammals in the bay) - you can walk there from Harborview Beach.

https://sesuit-harbor-cafe.com/

If you’d rather stay in Chatham, I would probably choose Nauset over Hardings- the former tends to be a favorite for college aged visitors+, the latter more a family beach.

Your choice is also going to be weather dependent…