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Croyde

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

Best of the week: Thursday around 15:00, 3–4 ft and cross-off.

Surf now14–19ft0.1 m at 11 s from the NW, wind sea 5.1 m from the W
Wind32mphW · onshore · gusts 52
Tide 5.4mFalling · low 00:38 (0.4 m). Works low tide.

Live webcam

2 cameras

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Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
14–19 ft Swell W 9s Wind 32 mph ★★★★★
Sun
15–20 ft Swell W 9s Wind 31 mph ★★★★★
Mon
7–9 ft Swell W 9s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★
Tue
10–14 ft Swell W 7s Wind 23 mph ★★★★★
Wed
6–8 ft Swell W 9s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Thu
3–4 ft Swell W 8s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Fri
2–4 ft Swell W 8s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30
Time 19 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 14–19 15–20 14–19 13–17 10–14 8–11 4–5 3–5 6–8 6–9 6–9 10–13 10–13 9–12 9–12 9–12 7–10 7–9 8–10 7–9 6–8 4–5 3–5 3–4 3–4 2–4 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–4
Swell 9s 9s 9s 9s 8s 10s 9s 9s 6s 9s 9s 11s 11s 11s 7s 7s 6s 6s 10s 9s 9s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 7s 8s 8s 8s 8s
Wind mph 32 31 32 27 24 19 20 21 26 24 21 26 24 29 25 24 22 20 19 16 11 9 10 17 15 19 16 16 16 16 15
Tide m 6.0↓ 6.3↓ 2.9↓ 0.4↓ 4.2↑ 6.8↓ 7.0↓ 4.0↓ 0.5↓ 2.9↑ 7.3↓ 7.2↑ 5.1↓ 1.0↓ 1.6↑ 7.1↑ 6.7↑ 6.0↓ 1.8↓ 0.7↑ 6.1↑ 5.6↑ 6.6↓ 2.7↓ 0.4↑ 4.7↑ 4.2↑ 6.7↓ 3.6↓ 0.5↓ 3.0↑
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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 Wednesday 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 WNWW
NW
0.1 m at 11 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
W
5.1 m at 9 s (wind sea) · 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

  • Sun 00:38Low0.4 m
  • Sun 05:00High6.6 m
  • Sun 12:07Low0.4 m
  • Sun 17:21High7.0 m
  • Mon 00:24Low0.3 m
  • Mon 05:39High7.0 m
  • Mon 12:51Low0.3 m
  • Mon 18:00High7.3 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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