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Croyde

★★★★★Small
Faces W low tide Offshore east Best swell west

Best of the week: Monday around 06:00, 4–5 ft and cross-off.

Surf now1–2ft0.3 m at 12 s from the W
Wind10mphSE · cross-off · gusts 15
Tide 2.1mFalling · low 02:32 (0.6 m). Works low tide.

Live webcam

2 cameras

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Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
1–2 ft Swell W 12s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Sun
3–4 ft Swell W 4s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★
Mon
4–5 ft Swell W 7s Wind 3 mph ★★★★★
Tue
5–8 ft Swell SW 8s Wind 18 mph ★★★★★
Wed
8–11 ft Swell W 11s Wind 10 mph ★★★★★
Thu
12–17 ft Swell W 12s Wind 20 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 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 2–4 3–4 3–5 4–5 3–4 2–4 2–3 2–3 5–7 7–9 6–8 5–8 5–7 7–9 7–10 7–10 7–10 8–11 12–17 12–16 11–15 10–13 8–12
Swell 12s 13s 12s 11s 9s 7s 7s 7s 4s 4s 7s 7s 8s 8s 3s 5s 7s 7s 8s 8s 10s 10s 10s 10s 11s 12s 11s 11s 10s 10s
Wind mph 12 14 13 13 10 12 16 13 13 23 3 4 10 17 17 21 19 18 18 19 7 9 9 7 9 20 23 25 24 22
Tide m 4.0↑ 5.9↓ 2.9↓ 0.6↑ 3.3↑ 3.0↑ 5.6↓ 3.5↓ 0.8↓ 2.3↑ 2.1↑ 5.1↑ 4.1↓ 1.3↓ 1.4↑ 1.3↑ 4.3↑ 4.4↓ 2.0↓ 0.9↑ 1.0↑ 3.1↑ 4.6↓ 2.8↓ 0.9↓ 1.3↓ 2.0↑ 4.4↑ 4.0↓ 1.4↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Croyde faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Yelland Marsh 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

Croyde faces west. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from S round to NW; 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 WW
W
0.3 m at 12 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach

How Croyde works

Swell
Best from the west.
Wind
Offshore is from the east; anything with west in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
low tide.
Getting there
easy to get to! but if you get lost use a map

best at low tide and as good as cornwall and really goes off in the winter

Tide times

  • Sat 02:32Low0.6 m
  • Sat 08:26High6.0 m
  • Sat 14:59Low0.6 m
  • Sat 20:43High5.6 m
  • Sun 03:09Low0.7 m
  • Sun 09:00High5.6 m
  • Sun 15:42Low0.6 m
  • Sun 21:19High5.2 m

Yelland Marsh station, 9 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
small but clean. What better way to start the day Backhand wack, made

Members' own photos of Croyde. Credits: Dave Reed, Simon Daly.

Comments

30 May 2008 · Sie Baker What a nightmare!! croyde on a weekend!! 300+ people in the water and it wasn't even surfable!! Avoid this place like the plague!! or become one of the masses!! I feel for the locals around here.. hence the removal of most devon breaks!
21 Sep 2005 · corey pryer pretty good! good waves, nice beach. Da hole lot!!!!!
21 Aug 2005 · Leo By far the best break in the uk! Check it out!
15 Jul 2005 · Professional Mike just came bak form croyde.. it was lush.. nice waves...recomend it to any body who likes ice cream and waves!!!
2 Jun 2005 · corn gotta be the best surfing beach in the country

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