Newcomb Hollow

Managed by The Swim Guide - Massachusetts

Newcomb Hollow is an Atlantic Ocean beach in Wellfleet, a small town on Cape Cod. This large beach has soft sand and calm water and is a great place for families, but be careful of the steep dune leading to the beach. Fishing is also a popular activity at Newcomb Hollow. Parking fees are in effect.

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Water Quality

Passed water quality tests at least 95% of the time
Historical Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on July 7th, 2022. The Swim Guide - Massachusetts updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on August 1st, 2022 at 6:25 PM.

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Current Weather

18°C

Clear and sunny

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Monitoring Frequency

Source Information

The Wellfleet County Department of Health, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation collect water quality samples from May through September. Beaches are tested on a weekly, or monthly basis on Wednesday and results are published by Friday.

The water is tested for Enterococci to determine water quality in brackish and marine water environments. Enterococci is a group of bacterial species typically found in human and animal intestines and are therefore present in sewage. Enterococci is also referred to as indicator organisms. Indicator organisms are used to predict the presence of pathogenic, or disease-causing, organisms associated with fecal contamination.

Swim Guide checks for the latest information daily, Monday - Friday during the swimming season.

A beach is marked Green when less than 104 units of Enterococci / 100 ml of water is present in a single sample, or when the geometric mean of 5 samples contains less than 35 units / 100ml of water.

A beach is marked Red when more than 104 units of Enterococci / 100 ml of water is present in a single sample, or when the geometric mean of 5 samples contains more than 35 units / 100ml of water.

A beach is marked Grey when there is no current or reliable monitoring information available.

Water Quality Graph

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Cahoon Hollow Wellfleet, Massachusetts	Wellfleet, Massachusetts	Historical Status
Long Pond Wellfleet, Massachusetts	Wellfleet, Massachusetts	Current Status
Gull Pond Wellfleet, Massachusetts	Wellfleet, Massachusetts	Current Status
Higgins Pond Wellfleet, Massachusetts	Wellfleet, Massachusetts	Current Status

Beach

Location

Water Quality

Cahoon Hollow

Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Historical Status

Long Pond

Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Current Status

Gull Pond

Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Current Status

Higgins Pond

Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Current Status

	Green means the beach’s most recent test results met relevant water quality standards.

	Red means the beach’s most recent test results failed to meet water quality standards.

	Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

	Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

	Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

	Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

	This means that this site has been issued a Blue Flag status for the current swimming season. This status does not indicate current water quality.

	Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

	Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.