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Joss bay

★★★★★Small
Faces NE all tides Offshore South West Best swell North East
Surf now0–1ft0.2 m at 3 s from the NE
Wind8mphS · cross-off · gusts 13
Tide 3.8mRising · high 18:43 (4.1 m). Works all tides.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sun
0–1 ft Swell NE 3s Wind 8 mph ★★★★★
Mon
0 ft Swell W 2s Wind 6 mph ★★★★★
Tue
0 ft Swell W 2s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Wed
2–3 ft Swell N 4s Wind 27 mph ★★★★★
Thu
1–3 ft Swell NW 4s Wind 20 mph ★★★★★
Fri
1–2 ft Swell NE 5s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Sat
0–1 ft Swell W 3s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★
Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10
Time 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 06 09 12 15 18
Surf ft 0–1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1
Swell 3s 2s 2s 2s 2s 2s 2s 2s 2s 3s 6s 3s 2s 3s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 5s 6s 3s 3s 3s 3s 3s 3s 3s 3s
Wind mph 8 6 6 8 3 1 5 3 3 4 6 9 13 17 22 31 25 26 25 22 20 12 16 21 26 25 22 22 21 21 21
Tide m 4.0↑ 3.6↑ 3.5↓ 1.8↓ 1.4↑ 3.2↑ 2.8↑ 4.0↓ 2.7↓ 1.1↓ 2.1↑ 2.0↑ 4.0↑ 3.7↓ 1.4↓ 1.1↑ 1.4↑ 3.5↑ 4.4↓ 2.0↓ 0.6↑ 1.1↑ 2.9↑ 4.7↑ 2.8↓ 0.5↓ 1.0↓ 2.3↑ 4.7↑ 3.5↓ 0.8↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Joss bay faces. Arrows show where the swell and wind are heading. Tide is the height at Margate 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 Thursday 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

Joss bay faces north-east. Swell inside the lit window reaches the beach; anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces NENE
NE
0.2 m at 3 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach

How Joss bay works

Swell
Best from the north east.
Wind
South West is offshore.
Tide
all tides.

can be good between nov and feb

Tide times

  • Sun 18:43High4.1 m
  • Mon 01:04Low1.6 m
  • Mon 07:26High3.8 m
  • Mon 14:05Low1.2 m
  • Mon 20:22High4.1 m
  • Tue 02:48Low1.6 m
  • Tue 09:00High4.0 m
  • Tue 15:37Low1.0 m

Margate station, under 1 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Comments

22 May 2005 · patch bloody amazing its sick mate caught a 20ft bang
22 May 2005 · theo amazing best waves ive seen in a long time
22 May 2005 · pete its sick i was so stoked when i saw it from me car
22 May 2005 · Phil n Dave it is to my great satisfaction that we have such a FUCKING AWSOME BEACH so close
22 May 2005 · wing nut exelent travelled the world surfing and my friend tld me about it was the best beach
22 May 2005 · cool dude will wooooo go joss bay

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