Latest On Cape Cod Beaches & Seaside

• Near Mid-Cape bustle a paddler's delight - 9/3/2007

  Whipping through Barnstable Harbor last week was a northeasterly wind that caught the exposed blades of the kayakers pulling through the waters...

  
• Plovers take flight, beach reopens - 8/16/2007

  The last mile and a half of Nauset Beach closed to oversand traffic to protect piping plovers reopened early yesterday.

  
• Sharks can't scare off tourists - 8/15/2007

  CHATHAM — They seemed a little more cautious yesterday, but beachgoers said two shark attacks on seals in two weeks wouldn't stop them from...

  
• Great white sharks in Cape waters? - 8/10/2007

  ORLEANS — Are more great white sharks looking for lunch in Cape Cod waters - it's an important and disturbing question, especially if you...

  
• Do sunscreens have you covered? - 8/9/2007

  Industry critics say manufacturers make vague and improbable-sounding marketing claims, leaving consumers confused and, worse, misled about what to...

  
• Cape beach water quality rated among best in state - 8/9/2007

  BARNSTABLE — Some of the cleanest beach waters in the state are around the Cape and Islands, according to a national environmental advocacy...

  
• Plover-related ORV beach closures end - 8/2/2007

  Major Cape destinations for oversand drivers have reopened on the Lower Cape as piping plover chicks start to fly.

• Searching for gray seal areas - 7/28/2007

  The changing face of Chatham's eastern barrier beach has had a ripple effect on the habits of some of the area's most abundant marine mammals.

  
• Plovers fledge, Dennis beach opens to ORVs - 7/28/2007

  Chapin Memorial Beach in Dennis reopens tomorrow to off-road vehicles.

• Plover advocates pipe up - 7/7/2007

  Environmentalists say the benefits of protecting the endangered piping plover far outweigh the closure of local beaches to off-road vehicles.

  
• High bacteria levels close Hamblin Pond - 7/6/2007

  Hamblin Pond off Route 149 is closed to swimming for the third week in a row after health officials found high levels of bacteria in the water.

• Plover hatch will shut down beach - 6/30/2007

  A nest of piping plover eggs due to hatch soon will force the closure of almost the entire residents-only section of Nauset Beach in Orleans to...

  
• Coverups top off beach outfit with style - 6/25/2007

  Every generation has their memory of what a beach coverup was for them right? Maybe for you it was that extra large vee-neck Hanes from Dad's top...

  
• Sunscreen isn’t enough - 6/13/2007

  Strong new evidence suggests overall sun exposure in childhood, not just burns, is a big key to who later develops deadly skin cancer.

  
• Coast Guard Beach ranked No. 5 on Top Ten list - 6/9/2007

  Stephen Leatherman, director of Florida International University's coastal research laboratory, aka Dr Beach, has been publishing a list of America's...