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North Bay

★★★★★Firing
Beach break Faces NE low to mid tide Offshore South West Best swell North East

Best of the week: Monday around 06:00, 5–8 ft and offshore.

Surf now4–6ft1.5 m at 8 s from the N, wind sea 0.2 m from the SW
Wind10mphSW · offshore · gusts 17
Tide 1.9mFalling · low 00:42 (1.8 m). Works low to mid tide.

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Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
2–4 ft Swell N 8s Wind 7 mph ★★★★★
Sun
2–4 ft Swell NE 12s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Mon
5–8 ft Swell N 8s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Tue
4–6 ft Swell N 8s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Wed
4–6 ft Swell N 7s Wind 10 mph ★★★★★
Thu
5–7 ft Swell N 9s Wind 5 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 2–4 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 0 0–1 2–3 2–3 3–4 5–8 4–6 4–5 3–4 3–5 4–6 4–6 4–6 4–6 4–5 4–5 4–5 4–5 4–5 4–6 5–7 5–7 5–7 5–7 5–7
Swell 8s 8s 8s 7s 7s 6s 7s 9s 11s 13s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 7s 7s 7s 7s 7s 8s 9s 9s 9s 9s 9s
Wind mph 7 7 11 9 9 11 11 9 7 9 11 12 14 8 3 16 15 12 13 11 10 10 13 9 10 5 5 9 10 9
Tide m 4.7↑ 4.1↓ 2.3↓ 3.0↑ 5.0↑ 4.3↑ 4.4↓ 2.7↓ 2.8↑ 4.5↑ 3.8↑ 4.5↓ 3.2↓ 2.7↑ 4.1↑ 3.3↑ 4.4↑ 3.7↓ 2.8↓ 3.5↑ 2.8↑ 4.2↑ 4.2↓ 3.1↓ 3.0↑ 2.4↑ 3.7↑ 4.6↓ 3.5↓ 2.7↑
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way North Bay faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Scarborough 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

North Bay faces north-east. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from N round to E; 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 NENSW
N
1.5 m at 8 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
SW
0.2 m at 2 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

How North Bay works

Swell
Best from the north east.
Wind
Offshore is from the south west; anything with north-east in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
low to mid tide.
Getting there
Park anywhere

Fickle beach break with lots of peaks. can get busy. Hasn't really worked well in years. the marine works have done something to the sand distribution and it often closes out.

Tide times

  • Sat 00:42Low1.8 m
  • Sat 06:50High4.9 m
  • Sat 12:45Low2.1 m
  • Sat 18:58High5.1 m
  • Sun 01:20Low2.0 m
  • Sun 07:33High4.7 m
  • Sun 13:24Low2.4 m
  • Sun 19:41High5.0 m

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

Photos

All 32
I witnessed stand up barrels this day not to mention getting rides across the bay. Nice beach break with lefts and rights... gets protection from SE winds because of the Harbour wall.. North Bay Quality clean day at north bay North Bay Blandy Bustin Air Mark testing out his new 9'6" noserider..

Members' own photos of North Bay. Credits: Lanza, Col Coupland, Jamo, Sie Baker.

Comments

7 Sep 2010 · skasteppa Great place for beginner intermediates, went a few weeks back and had an ace session, locals were friendly, beginnners should steer clear of the far end of the bay toward the Castele- scary rocks. try the food at the poncy restaurant near the chalets, well tasty after a day in the water:)
1 Jan 2010 · silvabak ol' faithful
25 Aug 2008 · shredddordie northbay works brilliantly excellent spot not been at it long but scarborough holds some of the friendliest surfers around big shout out to the fluid concept boys thats where its at
22 Jul 2008 · lanza I've been enjoying it overhead, shame about the corwd, most off them dissappear when it get's bigger. Oly raves about 'rights'......
21 Jul 2005 · A Local North bay the best i luv it
26 Mar 2005 · cc moved up from devon 2 years ago love this place ne ansdwer to watergate bay
17 Jan 2005 · Shanksy Boy Since the work has finished this place has got better and is a great place for beginner surfers to get more equipped for the bigger and better waves
24 Dec 2004 · d This spot takes anything the North sea throws at it (swell from N/NE/E/SE, clean, messy- good wind options) and translates it into something ridable, can get perfect on clean 3-4ft ground swell..shame about the sea wall- those pesky victorians!

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