A peninsula of estates where the harbor widens — water views in three directions.
Pocomo is the broad point reaching into the head of Nantucket Harbor off the Polpis Road — a peninsula of meadowed estates where the water wraps three sides and the view runs from Coatue’s wild spit across to Wauwinet. The harbor here is wide, shallow at its edges, and famously good to wind — Pocomo’s flats are the island’s kiteboarding and windsurfing heart, and on a breezy July afternoon the sky off the point fills with color.
The neighborhood itself is a handful of unpaved roads and substantial houses on open land — more meadow than woodland, which gives Pocomo a light, horizon-wide feel unlike the island’s hidden east-side enclaves. Owners here are water people almost by definition: the harbor is the yard.
What Pocomo real estate really means
Water definition is everything here. The point’s shoreline is calm harbor edge — swimmable, moorable, launchable — with the head-of-harbor flats offering warm, waist-deep water that children and kiteboarders share by unspoken treaty. No surf, no bluff drama: Pocomo’s water is usable water, every day of the season.
Parcels run estate-scale and open, many with meadow running to the shore. That openness is the aesthetic — big sky, long sightlines, sunset down the length of the harbor — and it comes with the practical notes of any point: private-road access, wind exposure that landscaping must respect, and low-lying edges where flood mapping applies. The drive to town is twenty unhurried minutes, and most owners consider that the correct price for the geography.
Why buyers choose Pocomo
What you're actually buying on Pocomo
A small estate market sorted by shoreline relationship.
The waterfront estates
Meadow-to-shore parcels with private water access, moorings off the beach, and the three-direction views that make the point singular. The tier trades rarely and prices for uniqueness when it does.The point interior
Substantial homes on open acreage a field back from the water — the same sky and culture at a meaningful discount, often with deeded paths or association access to the shore.The Polpis Road approach
Properties along Pocomo Road’s approach trade the point’s immersion for easier access and entry pricing — with the flats still five minutes from the driveway.The market here
Pocomo’s market is small, seasonal in rhythm, and anchored by water-sports families who buy for decades of summers. Waterfront trades set the tier; interior parcels track it with the usual gradient. As across the island’s estate pockets, a share of transactions happen quietly between families who already know the point.
The structural story is usability: as the island’s trophy coasts get more dramatic and more regulated, Pocomo’s calm, functional waterfront — swim, sail, launch, mooring — keeps gaining relative appeal, especially with younger buyers whose summers run on the water rather than beside it. The live listings above show today’s public inventory.
How I’d shop Pocomo
Buy for your water life specifically: kiteboarders want proximity to the flats and the launch, sailors want mooring depth and dinghy access, families want the warm shallows. The point serves all three, but individual parcels serve them unevenly — match the shoreline to the household.
Check the practical envelope early — private-road agreements, flood mapping on the low edges, septic capacity for expansion, and what the wind means for any landscaping plan. And visit on a big southwest day: if the kites thrill you, you’re a Pocomo buyer; if they read as traffic, look to the quieter east side.
Buying in Pocomo: what to know
Private roads & access
Low-edge flood mapping
Wind as a design factor
Sporting commons
Pocomo homes for sale
All Pocomo listings →No active listings in Pocomo right now — this is a tight market where homes trade quietly. Ask Sean what’s coming.
Talk to Sean →Pocomo — the questions I get
Where is Pocomo?
The point at the head of Nantucket Harbor, reached by Pocomo Road off the Polpis Road — about twenty minutes from town, with Coatue and Wauwinet across the water.Why is Pocomo famous for kiteboarding?
The head-of-harbor flats: warm, shallow, and raked by the prevailing southwest breeze with room to run. It’s the island’s premier wind-sports water, and summer afternoons prove it.Is the water swimmable for families?
Ideal — calm, warm, and shallow far out. It’s the same quality that makes the flats work for beginners on kites: forgiving water in every direction.What do Pocomo homes cost?
Estate-tier throughout: waterfront meadow parcels at the top, interior acreage below. Few trades in any year — the live listings above plus recent private sales are the honest picture.Can I keep a boat there?
That’s the lifestyle: moorings off the shore, dinghies on the beach, and the harbor as your commuting route to town in season. Depth varies by shoreline segment — matched to the boat during diligence.Pocomo or Wauwinet?
Cousins at the harbor’s head. Wauwinet is the two-water neck with the inn and deeper remove; Pocomo is the open point with the flats and the sporting culture. Sailors and kiters usually pick Pocomo; seekers of pure quiet lean Wauwinet.Thinking about Pocomo?
Sean Kalman is a sixth-generation Nantucketer who knows the island the way only a native can — its neighborhoods, its seasons, and the difference between visiting and truly living here. Through The Kalman Co. (brokered by eXp Realty), he pairs a hospitality background with sharp market insight, guiding buyers and sellers with calm, concierge-level service from Town to 'Sconset to Madaket. sean@thekalmanco.com · thekalmanco.com
Sean Kalman, REALTOR® · The Kalman Co., brokered by eXp Realty. Equal Housing Opportunity.