I'll be spending a week with my family in Eastham, MA on Cape Cod later this month. The last time we were in the cape, we stayed on a lake and I swam or extended periods every morning while everyone else was having breakfast. This time we couldn't find the right accommodations on the water. Obviously there is lots of water nearby and we will be close to both the ocean and the bay. I would be grateful for any suggestions about where to pursue some early morning open water training before starting the family day.
Thanks!
Try local papers (The Cape Cod Times or The Cape Codder) for tides, you've got morning high tides in the bay next week, Monday 6 am, Tuesday 7 am, Wednesday 8 am, Thursday 9 am--there's no mung report, as far as I know, though it's a huge nuisance for fishermen so maybe it does exist somewhere--Nauset tides are @ 15 minutes later, but tide is not so crucial there (though if you swim at low tide you need to get out far to avoid the surf) wickedlocalcapecod.net is a good source for all kinds of info.
I don't know how to get timely and accurate info on shark presence, it's a touchy subject and people tend to sensationalize any sightings--but I do know that they closed some Chatham beaches to swimmers at night last week, then earlier this week they closed a southern-ish beach during the day, and folks found a chomped seal carcass washed up at area 6 on the outer beach between Orleans and Chatham, so if you do any ocean swimming try for the middle of the day-ish and stick close to monitored beaches, I think they are keeping a pretty close watch out to see if the sharks are moving northward (I've seen a few spotter planes overhead the past few weeks).
And when you've finished swimming get some indescribably delicious onion rings at Arnold's on Route 6 in Eastham, they're the best! (the lobster rolls aren't bad either)
Try local papers (The Cape Cod Times or The Cape Codder) for tides, you've got morning high tides in the bay next week, Monday 6 am, Tuesday 7 am, Wednesday 8 am, Thursday 9 am--there's no mung report, as far as I know, though it's a huge nuisance for fishermen so maybe it does exist somewhere--Nauset tides are @ 15 minutes later, but tide is not so crucial there (though if you swim at low tide you need to get out far to avoid the surf) wickedlocalcapecod.net is a good source for all kinds of info.
I don't know how to get timely and accurate info on shark presence, it's a touchy subject and people tend to sensationalize any sightings--but I do know that they closed some Chatham beaches to swimmers at night last week, then earlier this week they closed a southern-ish beach during the day, and folks found a chomped seal carcass washed up at area 6 on the outer beach between Orleans and Chatham, so if you do any ocean swimming try for the middle of the day-ish and stick close to monitored beaches, I think they are keeping a pretty close watch out to see if the sharks are moving northward (I've seen a few spotter planes overhead the past few weeks).
And when you've finished swimming get some indescribably delicious onion rings at Arnold's on Route 6 in Eastham, they're the best! (the lobster rolls aren't bad either)
