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Lannacombe

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Faces SE mid tide Offshore north-west Best swell south-east
Surf now0–1ft0.5 m at 10 s from the SW, wind sea 0.1 m from the S
Wind7mphN · cross-off · gusts 11
Tide 2.3mFalling · low 01:59 (1.6 m). Works mid tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
1–2 ft Swell SE 3s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Sun
1–2 ft Swell S 5s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Mon
3–4 ft Swell SE 4s Wind 17 mph ★★★★★
Tue
1–2 ft Swell SW 7s Wind 23 mph ★★★★★
Wed
0–1 ft Swell SW 9s Wind 8 mph ★★★★★
Thu
0–1 ft Swell SW 10s Wind 16 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 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 0 0 0–1 3–4 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 0
Swell 10s 9s 8s 8s 7s 5s 6s 6s 6s 7s 8s 8s 8s 8s 4s 6s 7s 7s 9s 9s 8s 9s 9s 9s 9s 10s 10s 10s 9s 8s
Wind mph 3 13 13 11 11 12 14 6 12 14 3 7 11 19 17 22 22 25 21 19 9 6 11 9 9 16 12 15 14 14
Tide m 3.6↑ 4.3↓ 2.6↓ 1.7↑ 3.1↑ 3.3↑ 4.3↓ 3.1↓ 2.0↓ 2.9↑ 3.0↑ 4.2↑ 3.5↓ 2.3↓ 2.7↑ 2.8↑ 3.9↑ 3.8↓ 2.7↓ 2.6↑ 2.7↑ 3.5↑ 4.1↓ 3.2↓ 2.5↑ 2.6↓ 3.2↑ 4.1↑ 3.9↓ 2.6↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Lannacombe faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Start Point 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

Lannacombe faces south-east. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from NE round to S; 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 SESWS
SW
0.5 m at 10 s (swell) · 30 % reaches the beach
S
0.1 m at 1 s (wind sea) · 50 % reaches the beach

How Lannacombe works

Swell
Best from the south-east.
Wind
Offshore is from the north-west; anything with south-east in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
mid tide.
Getting there
From stokenham roundabout follow signs for start point and then take right hand turn to lannacombe. Follow narrow lane for 5mins and your there!

Shore break - Tends to be small but a good spot to try when Bantham is messy.

Tide times

  • Sat 01:59Low1.6 m
  • Sat 08:17High4.4 m
  • Sat 14:27Low1.7 m
  • Sat 20:47High4.1 m
  • Sun 02:31Low1.8 m
  • Sun 08:44High4.3 m
  • Sun 15:05Low2.0 m
  • Sun 21:23High4.0 m

Start Point station, 6 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

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Comments

2 Dec 2012 · jchb lannacombe local.....ok mate where do you live? bristol...
9 Apr 2005 · Simon Plymouth Lanacombe is about as secret as weapons of mass destruction, and any how its not that good a wave any way, oh and as for that locals rule c**p you can shove it up your f*c*in a**e you big k**b.
26 Mar 2005 · Lannacombe local what F*c*in idiot put this on here? This is a secret spot watch out for the locals!
23 Mar 2005 · John Budden Spent many great days at Lannacombe as a child. Theres a second beach too if youre prepared for a ten minute walk past the house. Parking can be a bit interesting but a toot on the horn and people will come and let you out. Coastline regularly changes and new coves appear from year to year.

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