Cayton Point surf forecast

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Cayton Point

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Reef break Faces NE high tide Offshore West Best swell North East

Best of the week: Monday around 17:00, 3–4 ft and offshore.

Surf now1–2ft0.6 m at 7 s from the NE, wind sea 1.8 m from the SE

Wind26mphS · cross-off · gusts 44

Tide 4.9mFalling · low 22:02 (1.7 m). Works high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe

Sat

1–2 ft Swell SE 5s Wind 26 mph ★★★★★

Sun

2–3 ft Swell N 9s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★

Mon

3–4 ft Swell E 8s Wind 17 mph ★★★★★

Tue

1–2 ft Swell S 4s Wind 20 mph ★★★★★

Wed

0 ft Swell SW 3s Wind 17 mph ★★★★★

Thu

0–1 ft Swell NW 3s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★

Fri

1–2 ft Swell N 6s Wind 16 mph ★★★★★

	Sat 24	Sun 25					Mon 26					Tue 27					Wed 28					Thu 29					Fri 30
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Swell	5s	4s	4s	5s	5s	9s	11s	11s	11s	4s	8s	4s	3s	3s	3s	3s	3s	3s	2s	2s	2s	3s	3s	3s	6s	6s	6s	6s	5s	7s	6s
Wind mph	27	33	29	31	25	21	8	9	14	15	17	20	20	27	23	17	17	16	17	14	11	10	11	11	13	11	16	16	15	14	13
Tide m	4.5↓	3.6↓	1.2↓	3.1↑	5.7↑	4.2↓	4.3↓	1.3↓	2.3↑	5.6↑	4.8↓	5.1↓	1.7↓	1.7↑	5.1↑	5.4↓	5.6↓	2.4↓	1.3↑	4.4↑	5.7↓	5.8↓	3.3↓	1.3↑	3.6↑	5.7↑	–	–	–	–	–
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Cayton Point faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Scarborough 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

Cayton Point faces north-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.

NE: 0.6 m at 7 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
SE: 1.8 m at 5 s (wind sea) · 14 % reaches the beach

How Cayton Point works

Swell: Best from the north east.
Wind: Offshore is from the west; anything with north-east in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide: high tide.
Getting there: The wave is at the north end of cayton point. Park at knipe point, and walk down through the woods to the wave. It's then a 3-400 meter paddle to the point.

A gnarly boulder point break only for the experienced surfer. Breaks left onto a shallow boulder reef with a small take off point. Often offers long barrels and fast sections, which can often catch out regular footed riders. Works best in large northly storm surf as cayton headland provides shelter from Northely winds. This is a dangerous wave and should be approcahed by season surfers with care. Beware : Rocks, crowds, more rocks, long walks, hypothermia! you have been warned.