The Provincetown, MA marine forecast covers live wind speed and gusts, tide predictions, wave conditions, and major and minor solunar feeding times, updated continuously from NOAA and Open-Meteo. The strongest fishing windows usually line up with the moving tide and the solunar periods shown below — check current conditions before you head out.
By Steve Wilson, lifelong angler & founder of My Marine Forecast
Last updated: Sep 15, 2026, 8:00 AM
On Tuesday, September 15, Provincetown, MA sees high tide at 2:45 AM (9.5 ft) and 2:59 PM (9.9 ft), low tide at 8:45 AM (0.7 ft) and 9:17 PM (0.3 ft). Winds 5–14 mph from the NE gusting to 20 mph. Air temperatures 56–63°F. The strongest fishing windows line up with the moving water around each tide change, roughly an hour on either side.
Today's Tides · Provincetown (Station 8446121)
| High tide | 2:45 AM | 9.5 ft |
| Low tide | 8:45 AM | 0.7 ft |
| High tide | 2:59 PM | 9.9 ft |
| Low tide | 9:17 PM | 0.3 ft |
Wind
5–14 mph NE
Gusts
20 mph
Air Temp
56–63°F
Tides from NOAA Station 8446121 · wind & temperature from Open-Meteo. Open the live forecast for hourly charts and the 7-day outlook.
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Provincetown sits at the very tip of Cape Cod, and Race Point is one of the most productive striper spots in New England. When bass are stacking up at the tip on their northward migration, the fishing at Race Point can be extraordinary. The National Seashore allows 4WD access to the beach, and the point produces throughout the season from late May through October.
Race Point creates a distinctive rip where Cape Cod Bay and the outer Atlantic meet. Bass and bluefish funnel through this rip during their migrations, and working birds over the rip are a reliable indicator of fish below. The bay side fishes better on the flood tide; the ocean side produces on the ebb.
Provincetown Harbor is surprisingly productive for stripers at night during Summer. Mackerel and herring pile into the harbor and attract bass, and live-lining or casting soft plastics on the incoming tide produces well from the pier and the breakwater.
The tip of Cape Cod can be foggy and windy in ways the towns further down the Cape aren't. Check both wind and visibility before driving out to Race Point — the 4WD access road through the dunes requires a permit and is closed in extreme conditions.
Spring: Striped bass round Race Point in mid to late May and stack up fast, chasing herring and mackerel tight to the beach. Winter flounder fishing in the harbor picks up in April. By mid June the first bluefin tuna of the season are feeding within a few miles of the point, often under whales.
Summer: Few places put surf anglers on big striped bass like the rips off Race Point, especially on dawn tides. Bluefin tuna feed on Stellwagen Bank and often much closer, with whales and sand eels thick through July and August. Bluefish run the backside beaches, and fluke and black sea bass hold in deeper water off the harbor.
Fall: The fall run funnels much of the Gulf of Maine striper migration past Race Point through September and October. Blitzes on the beach can last for hours when peanut bunker and sand eels pour by. Tuna stay late, sometimes into November. It ends quickly once the water dips below 50.
Winter: Provincetown is quiet in winter. The striped bass are gone by Thanksgiving and the fleet mostly ties up. A handful of boats groundfish for cod and haddock when weather permits. The outer Cape has no meaningful holdover fishery, so shore anglers wait for May. Winter is for plug building and boat work.
Race Point Beach, inside the Cape Cod National Seashore, is the storied spot: deep water and hard current within casting distance of the sand. Herring Cove Beach faces west and fishes well on evening tides. MacMillan Pier in the center of town offers easy access for mackerel, night squid jigging and the occasional bass. Wood End and Long Point, reached by walking the West End breakwater across the harbor, put you on rips at the very tip of the Cape. Stellwagen Bank lies a short run north for tuna and groundfish.