Kayak camping, tides & launches: Boston, Cape Cod & the Islands

Boston, Cape Cod & the Islands: Coastal paddling with 57 campsites, 348 boat launches and 90 tide stations, plus slack-water times for 203 tidal current stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (60 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.

Campsites

From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 3 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (🛶). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.

Fee or reservation (6)

• Camp Hayward
• Dunes Edge Campground
• Maurice’s Campground
• Sandy Neck Campsite
• Sandy Terraces Nudist Campground
• Wellfleet Hollow State Campground

Permit, protocol or private (3)

• Biologist Campsite
• Camp Cedar Hill
• Nauset Academy - Youth Forestry Camp

Fees not recorded (check locally) (42)

• Camp Cedar Mill
• Camp Christina Entrance
• Camp Evergreen
• Camp Evergreen
• Camp Gannet
• Camp Maude Eaton
• Camp Pinehurst
• Camp Richard Lodge
• Camping Area 1
• Camping Area 2
• Camping Area 3
• Camping Area 4
• Camping Area 5
• Camping Area 6
• Camping Area 6X
• Camping Area 7
• Coastal Acres Camping Court
• D1
• D2
• D3
• D4
• Horseneck Beach Campground 🛶
• Horton's Campground
• JCC Camp Grossman
• Lorraine Campground
• Martha’s Vineyard Family Campground
• MAS Campground
• Missionary Point
• North of Highland Camping Area
• Pinewood Lodge & Campgrounds
• Pinewood Way Campground
• Ponkapoag Camp of Appalachian Mountain Club
• Scusset Beach Campground 🛶
• Scusset Beach State Reservation 🛶
• Shady Knoll Campground
• Shawme-Crowell State Forest - Area 1
• Shawme-Crowell State Forest - Area 2
• Spang Camp Site
• Sun Retreats Cape Cod
• Sweetwater Forest Family Campground
• Wompatuck State Park Campground
• YMCA Camp

Tide stations

Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.

• Amelia Earhart Dam, Mystic River
• Annisquam, Lobster Cove
• Anthony Point
• Barnstable Harbor, Beach Point
• Beverly, Beverly Harbor
• BOSTON
• Boston Light
• Brant Rock, Green Harbor River
• Cape Cod Canal, Bourne Bridge
• Cape Cod Canal, Bournedale
• Cape Cod Canal, RR. bridge
• Cape Cod Canal, Sagamore
• Cedar Tree Neck
• Chappaquoit Point, West Falmouth Harbor
• Charlestown, Charles River entrance
• Chatham Harbor, Aunt Lydias Cove
• Chatham, Stage Harbor
• Chelsea St. Bridge, Chelsea River
• Clarks Point
• Cohasset Harbor (White Head)
• Cotuit Highlands
• Crow Point, Hingham Harbor entrance
• Cuttyhunk
• Damons Point, North River
• Deer Island (south end)
• Dennisport
• Duxbury, Duxbury Harbor
• Edgartown
• Eel Point
• Essex
• Fall River, Massachusetts
• Falmouth Heights
• Gay Head
• Gloucester Harbor
• Gray Gables
• Great Hill
• Great Point
• Hingham
• Hix Bridge, East Branch
• Hull
• Hyannis Port
• KICKAMUIT RIVER
• Little Harbor
• Lynn, Lynn Harbor
• Marion, Sippican Harbor
• Martha's Vineyard GPS Buoy
• Mattapoisett, Mattapoisett Harbor
• Menemsha Harbor, MA
• Monument Beach
• Moon Head
• Muskeget Island, north side
• Nannaquaket Neck
• Nantasket Beach, Weir River
• NANTUCKET
• Neponset, Neponset River
• New Bedford Harbor, Marine Terminal
• Nomans Land
• North End, Bay Oil pier
• Nut Island, Quincy Bay
• Oak Bluffs
• OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
• Onset Beach, Onset Bay
• Penikese Island
• Piney Point
• Pleasant Bay
• Plum Island Sound (south end)
• Plymouth
• Poponesset Island, Poponesset Bay
• Provincetown
• Quicks Hole, North side
• Rockport
• Round Hill Point
• Sachuest, Flint Point
• Sakonnet
• Salem, Salem Harbor
• Sandwich Marina, Cape Cod Canal, east entrance
• Saquatucket Harbor
• Scituate, Scituate Harbor
• Sesuit Harbor, East Dennis
• South Yarmouth, Bass River
• Squibnocket Point
• Steep Brook, Taunton River
• The Glen
• Uncatena Island (south side)
• VINEYARD HAVEN, VINEYARD HVN HBR
• Wasque Point, Chappaquiddick Island
• Wellfleet
• Westport Harbor
• Weymouth Fore River Bridge
• Wychmere Harbor

Tidal currents and slack water

• Abiels ledge
• Almy Point Bridge, south of, Sakonnet River
• Annisquam Harbor Light
• Barnstable Harbor
• Bass Point, 1.2 n.mi. southeast of
• Black Point, SW of, Sakonnet River
• Black Rock Channel
• Blynman Canal ent., Gloucester Harbor
• Boston Channel Light No.5
• Boston Harbor (Deer Island Light)
• Boston Light, 0.2 n.mi. south of
• Bourne Highway bridge
• Bournedale
• Broken Ground-Horseshoe Shoal, between
• Bumkin Island, 0.1 n.mi. west of
• Bumkin Island, 0.4 n.mi. west of
• Calf Island, 0.4 n.mi. west of
• Canapitsit Channel
• Cape Cod Canal, east end
• Cape Cod Canal, Railroad Bridge, midchannel
• Cape Cod Canal, West End
• Cape Poge Light, 1.4 miles west of
• Cape Poge Lt., 1.7 miles SSE of
• Cape Poge Lt., 3.2 miles northeast of
• Castle island
• Charlestown Pier 1
• Chelsea River, below bascule bridge
• Chelsea River, west of bascule bridge
• City Point, 0.8 n.mi. SSE of
• Cleveland Ledge
• Commissioners Ledge
• Common Fence Point, west of
• Cotuit Bay entrance (Bluff Point)
• Cross Rip Channel
• Crow Point, 0.2 n.mi. north of
• Deer Island Flats
• Deer Island Light, 0.3 n.mi. SSE of
• Deer Island Light, 0.4 n.mi. east of
• Deer Island Light, 0.4 n.mi. NW of
• Deer Island Light, 0.4 n.mi. SSE of
• Deer Island Light, 0.7 n.mi. ESE of
• Deer Island Light, 0.8 n.mi. ESE of
• Deer Island Light, 1.0 n.mi. WSW of
• Deer Island, 0.7 nm ESE of
• Deer Island, southwest of
• Dennis Port, 2.2 miles south of
• Dumpling Rocks, 0.2 mile southeast of
• East Boston, Pier 10, southeast of
• East Chop-Squash Meadow, between
• East Chop, 1 mile north of
• Eel Pt., Nantucket I. 2.5 miles NE of
• Fall River entrance
• Finn's Ledge Bell, 0.2 n.mi. west of
• Fort Independence, 0.1nm north of
• Fort Independence, 0.3 n.mi. east of
• Fort Pickering, 0.2nm south of
• Gallops Island, 0.1 n.mi. southeast of
• Gallops Island, 0.2 n.mi. SSE of
• Gallops Island, 0.5 n.mi. southwest of
• Gallops Island, The Narrows
• Gay Head, 1.5 miles northwest of
• Gay Head, 3 miles north of
• Gay Head, 3 miles northeast of
• Georges Island, 0.3 n.mi. SSE of
• Georges Island, 0.4 n.mi. east of
• Georges Island, 0.4 n.mi. SSE of
• Georges Island, 0.4nm southeast of
• Georges Island, 0.5 n.mi. ESE of
• Georges Island, north of
• Georges Island, northeast of
• Germantown Point
• Gloucester Harbor entrance
• Grape Island
• Grape Island and Lower Neck, between
• Great Point, 0.5 mile west of
• Great Point, 3 miles west of
• Gull I. and Nashawena I., between
• Gull Point, 0.4 n.mi. ESE of
• Halfmoon Shoal, 1.9 miles northeast of
• Halfmoon Shoal, 3.5 miles east of
• Handkerchief Lighted Whistle Buoy 'H'
• Haste Shoal
• Hedge Fence Lighted Gong Buoy 22
• Hedge Fence-L'Hommedieu Shoal, between
• Hog Neck
• Hull Gut
• Hypocrite Channel
• Jacknife Ledge
• Juniper Point
• L'Hommedieu Shoal, north of west end
• Lewis Bay entrance channel
• Little Brewster Island, 1.5 n.mi. E of
• Little Calf Island, 0.4 n.mi. NW of
• Little Misery Island
• Little Nahant Cupola, 0.6 n.mi. west of
• Long I. and Rainsford I., between
• Long Island Head, 0.9 n.mi. NW of
• Long Shoal-Norton Shoal, between
• Lovell Island Narrows
• Lovell Island, 0.1 n.mi. south of
• Lovell Island, 0.4 n.mi. north of
• Lovell Island, 1.3nm north of
• Lovell Island, west of
• Lynn Harbor
• Marblehead Channel
• Middle
• Monomoy Point, 6 miles west of
• Monomoy Pt., channel 0.2 mile west of
• Moon Head, 0.4 n.mi. east of
• Moon Head, 0.9 n.mi. southeast of
• Mount Hope Point, northeast of
• Muskeget Channel
• Muskeget I., channel 1 mile northeast of
• Muskeget Rock, 1.3 miles southwest of
• Mystic River Bridge, 0.1 n.mi. west of
• Mystic River Bridge, northwest of
• Nahant, 0.4 n.mi. east of East Point
• Nahant, 1 n.mi. SE of East Point
• Nahant, 1.8 n.mi. NE of East Point
• Nantucket Harbor entrance channel
• Neponset River
• New Bedford Hurricane Barrier
• Nixes Mate
• Nobska Point, 1 mile southeast of
• Nobska Point, 1.8 miles east of
• North end
• North end
• Northeast Grave
• Norton Point, 0.5 mile north of
• Nubble Channel
• Nut Island, 0.2 n.mi. NNE of
• Nut Island, 0.4 n.mi. NNE of
• Old Man Shoal, Nantucket Shoals
• Pea Island, 0.4 n.mi. southeast of
• Peddocks Island, 0.2 n.mi. north of
• Peddocks Island, 0.3 n.mi. northwest of
• Peddocks Island, west of
• Penikese Island, 0.2 mile south of
• Penikese Island, 0.8 mile northwest of
• Philip Head, Town River Bay
• Pig Rock, north of
• Pig Rock, northwest of
• Plum Island Sound entrance
• Point Allerton, 0.4 n.mi. northwest of
• Point Allerton, 0.65 n.mi. NNW of
• Point Gammon, 1.2 miles south of
• Point of Pines, 0.1 n.mi. northeast of
• Point of Pines, 0.5 n.mi. south of
• Pollock Rip Channel (Butler Hole)
• Pollock Rip Channel, east end
• Rainsford I. and Windmill Pt., between
• Rainsford Island, 0.2 n.mi. NE of
• Rainsford Island, 0.4 n.mi. SE of
• Ribbon Reef-Sow & Pigs Reef, between
• Robinsons Hole, 1.2 miles southeast of
• Robinsons Hole, Nashuon Point
• Sagamore Bridge
• Sand Point, Black Marsh Channel
• Sheep Island, 0.3 n.mi. west of
• Snake Island, southwest of
• South Boston, Pier 4, 0.2 n.mi. NNE of
• South Channel Aldridge Ledge
• South end
• Spectacle I. and Long I., between
• Spectacle I. and Thompson I., between
• Spectacle Island, 0.2 n.mi. south of
• Spectacle Island, 0.4nm north of
• Squantum Point, 0.4 n.mi. NNE of
• Squantum Point, 0.8 n.mi. northeast of
• Stage Harbor, west of Morris Island
• Stellwagen Bank, 13.4nm SE of Eastern Pt. Light
• Stellwagen Bank, 15nm NNE of Race Point
• Stellwagen Bank, 16nm North of Race Point
• Stellwagen Bank, 17nm ESE of Eastern Pt. Light
• Stellwagen Basin, 13.8nm SE of Eastern Pt. Light
• Stellwagen Basin, east end
• Stodders Neck, Weymouth Back River
• Sunken Ledge, 0.2 n.mi. northwest of
• Tarpaulin Cove, 1.5 miles east of
• Ted William Tunnel
• The Graves, 0.3 n.mi. SSE of
• The Piglets, 0.4 n.mi. northest of
• Thieves Ledge
• Thompson Island, 0.7 n.mi. NNE of
• Tuckernuck Island, 4.2 miles SSW of
• Tuckernuck Shoal, off east end
• Waquoit Bay entrance
• Wareham River, off Barneys Point
• Wareham River, off Long Beach Point
• Weepecket Island, south of
• Weir River entrance
• West Chop, 0.2 mile west of
• West Chop, 0.8 mile north of
• West Head, 0.2 n.mi. southwest of
• West Head, Long I., 0.4 n.mi. south of
• West Head, Peddocks I., 0.1 n.mi. W of
• West Island, 1 mile Southeast of
• Westport River entrance
• Weymouth Harbor Entrance
• Windmill Point, 0.7 n.mi. SSE of
• Winthrop Head, 1.1 n.mi. east of
• Woods Hole, The Strait
• Wreck Shoal-Eldridge Shoal, between

Boat launches

• Ashumet Pond Boat Launch
• Bade Canoe Launch
• Baldpate Pond Ramp
• Blessing of the Bay Boat Ramp
• Boat Ramp
• Briarcliff Lodge Boat Ramp
• Brownell Street Boat Ramp
• Canoe and Kayak Launch
• Chebacco Lake Boat Ramp
• Children’s Beach Boat Ramp
• Cook Pond Access
• Corliss Landing
• Defunct Boat Ramp
• Draper's Point
• Duck Boat Ramp
• Four-mile Pond Ramp
• Freshwater Cove Landing
• Great Bay Boat Launch
• Green Pond Town Landing
• Hathaway Park Boat Ramp
• Hemenway Landing
• Hingham Boat Ramp
• Hoopers Landing
• Jericho Boat Launch
• Johns Pond Boat Launch
• Kayak Launch
• Kernwood Marina
• Kettle Cove Landing
• Lake Street Landing
• Lanes Cove Boat Ramp
• Little Long Pond Boat Access
• Long Pond Boat Launch
• Long Wharf Landing
• Lorraine Larrabee Boat Launch
• Lovells Pond Boat Ramp
• Magansett Bay Landing
• Margin Street Boat Ramp
• Marshfield Boat Launch Facility
• Mashpee Neck Boat Ramp
• Mashpee Neck Marina Boat Ramp
• Megansett Boat Ramp
• Monponsett Pond Boat Launch
• Nelson Memorial Park Boat Ramp
• Parker Ave Boat Ramp
• Popes Landing
• Salem Harbor Boat Ramp
• Salt Pond Landing
• Sandy Beach Boat Ramp
• South Watuppa Boat Ramp
• Spy Pond Boat Launch
• Town Landing
• Waquoit Bay Landing
• Weir Village Riverfront Park
• Wequaquet Lake Boat Ramp
• West Falmouth Public Boat Launch
• Westport River Boat Ramp
• Weymouth Landing Access Ramp
• White's Landing
• Winthrop Boat Ramp
• Woerd Avenue Boat Launch
• Woods Hole Boat Ramp

Plus 284 unnamed launches on the map.

Marine forecast areas

Boston Harbor · Buzzards Bay · Cape Cod Bay · Coastal Waters extending out to 25 NM South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket · Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 NM South of Block Island · Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary · Coastal waters from Provincetown MA to Chatham MA to Nantucket MA out 20 NM · Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay · Nantucket Sound · Narragansett Bay · Rhode Island Sound · Vineyard Sound

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