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Paington

★★★★★Flat
Faces E low tide Offshore West Best swell East
Surf now0–1ft0.1 m at 4 s from the E
Wind3mphN · cross-on · gusts 6
Tide 2.3mFalling · low 01:51 (1.8 m). Works low tide.

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Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
0–1 ft Swell E 3s Wind 6 mph ★★★★★
Sun
0–1 ft Swell SE 5s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Mon
1–2 ft Swell E 3s Wind 13 mph ★★★★★
Tue
1–2 ft Swell SW 4s Wind 18 mph ★★★★★
Wed
0–1 ft Swell SW 7s Wind 7 mph ★★★★★
Thu
0 ft Swell SW 7s Wind 17 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 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0–1 1–2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0–1 0–1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swell 3s 3s 4s 4s 4s 5s 4s 2s 2s 2s 4s 5s 6s 1s 3s 4s 5s 5s 8s 8s 8s 7s 7s 7s 6s 7s 7s 4s 6s 6s
Wind mph 6 4 10 9 7 11 7 6 11 15 3 3 6 15 11 18 14 17 15 13 6 6 7 7 8 17 8 10 11 13
Tide m 3.7↑ 4.6↓ 2.8↓ 1.9↑ 3.3↑ 3.4↑ 4.4↑ 3.2↓ 2.1↑ 3.0↑ 3.1↑ 4.2↑ 3.6↓ 2.3↓ 2.7↑ 2.8↑ 3.8↑ 3.9↓ 2.7↓ 2.5↑ 2.6↑ 3.5↑ 4.0↓ 3.2↓ 2.4↓ 2.5↓ 2.9↑ 3.9↑ 3.6↓ 2.4↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Paington faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Torquay 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

Paington faces east. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from NE round to SE; 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 EE
E
0.1 m at 4 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach

How Paington works

Swell
Best from the east.
Wind
Offshore is from the west; anything with east in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
low tide.
Getting there
Go on the M5 Head towards Torquay and go to Torbay and drive along until you come to a beach called Preston.

This only works on an eastly wind where there a lot of wind about 20-25 knots. This happens rarely but keep your eyes on the forecast. Usually comes around in the winter. Warning Kevs everywhere in the summer and lots of tourists, so don't get your board dinged.

Tide times

  • Sat 01:51Low1.8 m
  • Sat 08:29High4.6 m
  • Sat 14:14Low1.8 m
  • Sat 20:48High4.2 m
  • Sun 02:17Low2.0 m
  • Sun 09:05High4.4 m
  • Sun 14:47Low2.0 m
  • Sun 21:29High4.0 m

Torquay station, 4 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
English Riviera airshow 2025, Beach crowd Saturday Slide and owl, Paignton Sands - geograph.org.uk - 6858788

Addshore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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