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Black Middens

★★★★★Good
River mouth Faces E mid to high tide Offshore North West Best swell North East

Best of the week: Monday around 06:00, 4–6 ft and offshore.

Surf now3–4ft1.1 m at 9 s from the N, wind sea 0.3 m from the SW
Wind8mphSW · offshore · gusts 14
Tide 1.4mRising · high 06:04 (4.4 m). Works mid to high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
2–3 ft Swell N 8s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Sun
2–3 ft Swell E 11s Wind 3 mph ★★★★★
Mon
4–6 ft Swell N 7s Wind 24 mph ★★★★★
Tue
4–5 ft Swell N 8s Wind 23 mph ★★★★★
Wed
3–5 ft Swell N 8s Wind 19 mph ★★★★★
Thu
4–6 ft Swell N 9s Wind 7 mph ★★★★★
Sat 14 Sun 15 Mon 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Thu 19
Time 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18
Surf ft 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 2–3 2–4 4–6 3–5 2–4 3–4 3–5 4–5 3–5 3–5 3–5 3–5 3–5 3–5 3–5 3–5 4–5 4–6 5–7 5–7 5–7 5–7
Swell 8s 3s 3s 3s 3s 3s 6s 8s 11s 12s 7s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 7s 7s 7s 7s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 9s 9s 9s 9s 9s
Wind mph 9 9 11 8 14 10 13 9 3 13 24 25 22 15 5 23 20 22 22 21 19 19 16 17 16 7 9 13 14 14
Tide m 4.4↑ 3.1↓ 1.8↑ 3.2↑ 4.6↑ 4.1↑ 3.5↓ 2.0↓ 2.8↑ 4.3↑ 3.7↑ 3.8↓ 2.4↓ 2.5↑ 3.9↑ 3.2↑ 3.9↓ 3.0↓ 2.4↑ 3.4↑ 2.6↑ 3.8↑ 3.5↓ 2.4↓ 2.9↑ 2.1↑ 3.6↑ 3.9↓ 2.7↓ 2.3↑
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Black Middens faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at River Tyne (North Shields) above chart datum, rising ↑ or falling ↓; the rating drops when the tide is outside the window this break works on. Amber marks the sessions worth setting an alarm for. From Tuesday the swell comes from Météo-France's 10-day model, which is coarser than the 5 km German model used close in. Hours no model reaches are left blank, not shown as flat.

Exposure

Black Middens faces east. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from N round to SE; the brighter a wedge, the deeper the water in that direction and the more of the swell gets in. Anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces ENSW
N
1.1 m at 9 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
SW
0.3 m at 2 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

How Black Middens works

Swell
Best from the north east.
Wind
Offshore is from the north west; anything with east in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
mid to high tide.
Getting there
Head to Newcastle, then to tynemouth.. once there head for the coastguards station to check the spot.

One of the best waves on the East Coast, but seldom works and horribly polluted this isn't the best spot.. On the mouth of the river tyne, between two piers.

Tide times

  • Fri 23:51Low1.4 m
  • Sat 06:04High4.4 m
  • Sat 11:58Low1.8 m
  • Sat 18:04High4.6 m
  • Sun 00:30Low1.6 m
  • Sun 06:49High4.2 m
  • Sun 12:37Low2.0 m
  • Sun 18:49High4.4 m

River Tyne (North Shields) station, 2 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
Black Middens

Members' own photos of Black Middens. Credits: James Watson.

Comments

17 May 2005 · James C Only seen it looking like the photo 5 times in ten years.... but amazing when good.
31 Jan 2005 · wibster never breaks properly anymore :(
27 Jan 2005 · desprate surf that place lucks sick man really thick

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