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Newbiggin by the Sea

★★★★★Flat
Reef break Faces SE low to mid tide Offshore North West Best swell South East

Best of the week: Sunday around 15:00, 2–4 ft and cross-off.

Surf now0ft1.0 m at 9 s from the N, wind sea 0.3 m from the W
Wind9mphSW · cross-off · gusts 15
Tide 1.3mRising · high 05:57 (4.3 m). Works low to mid tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
1–2 ft Swell E 7s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Sun
2–4 ft Swell E 12s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Mon
0 ft Swell N 8s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Tue
0–1 ft Swell N 8s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★
Wed
1–2 ft Swell N 8s Wind 14 mph ★★★★★
Thu
2–4 ft Swell N 9s Wind 12 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 2–3 2–3 2–4 2–3 0 0 0 0 0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–4
Swell 8s 3s 7s 7s 3s 6s 7s 10s 12s 13s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 7s 7s 7s 7s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 9s 10s 10s 9s 9s
Wind mph 9 10 11 9 12 10 9 5 5 20 15 16 16 11 7 22 21 20 19 17 14 18 17 15 15 9 9 10 11 12
Tide m 4.3↓ 2.9↓ 1.6↑ 3.1↑ 4.4↓ 4.0↑ 3.3↓ 1.9↓ 2.7↑ 4.2↑ 3.6↑ 3.6↓ 2.3↓ 2.4↑ 3.8↑ 3.1↑ 3.8↓ 2.8↓ 2.3↑ 3.3↑ 2.5↑ 3.7↑ 3.3↓ 2.3↓ 2.8↑ 2.0↑ 3.5↑ 3.8↓ 2.5↓ 2.3↑
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Newbiggin by the Sea faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Blyth 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

Newbiggin by the Sea 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 SENW
N
1.0 m at 9 s (swell) · blocked, 0 %
W
0.3 m at 2 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

How Newbiggin by the Sea 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
low to mid tide.
Getting there
Head towards Newcastle on A1 or A19 then head towards Morpeth then take the coastal route and it is sign posted Newbiggin.

A left reef break near the church (other side of the brig) and a small beach break in the bay. Great Shelter on N-NW winds but needs a big swell to work. Surfed the left this week had it to myself, walked across teh brig and jumped off the end then paddled around. Really nice left that I can see could have potential, looks like a bad rip in the bay.

Tide times

  • Fri 23:46Low1.2 m
  • Sat 05:57High4.3 m
  • Sat 11:53Low1.6 m
  • Sat 18:00High4.4 m
  • Sun 00:27Low1.4 m
  • Sun 06:42High4.1 m
  • Sun 12:31Low1.9 m
  • Sun 18:45High4.2 m

Blyth station, 8 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
Beach Terrace, Newbiggin by the Sea - geograph.org.uk - 1458315 Beach view along Newbiggin Bay - geograph.org.uk - 8109372

Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. David Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Comments

28 May 2005 · mick The bay is perfect on big messy days as it is sheltered they come rolling in from way back. best surfed when the tides coming in as at high tide its hairy getting in or out.
17 May 2005 · Ste Newbiggin rocks
2 Mar 2005 · danny rarely works, fickle, shallow, rocky, seaward rips

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