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Pump house

★★★★★Good
Beach break Faces NE mid tide Offshore West Best swell North East

Best of the week: Monday around 06:00, 5–7 ft and offshore.

Surf now4–6ft1.5 m at 9 s from the N, wind sea 0.2 m from the SW
Wind12mphSW · offshore · gusts 20
Tide 1.9mFalling · low 00:42 (1.8 m). Works mid tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
2–4 ft Swell N 8s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Sun
2–4 ft Swell NE 13s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Mon
5–7 ft Swell N 8s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Tue
4–5 ft Swell N 7s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Wed
4–6 ft Swell N 8s Wind 7 mph ★★★★★
Thu
5–7 ft Swell N 9s Wind 3 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 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–4 3–4 5–7 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 8s 7s 6s 7s 11s 12s 13s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 7s 7s 7s 7s 7s 8s 9s 9s 9s 9s 9s
Wind mph 9 10 11 10 13 11 13 12 7 10 9 11 14 8 2 17 15 12 13 11 6 7 11 7 8 3 5 9 9 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 Pump house 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

Pump house 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 9 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
SW
0.2 m at 2 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

How Pump house works

Swell
Best from the north east.
Wind
Offshore is from the west; anything with north-east in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
mid tide.
Getting there
Park Near the Holiday Camp and Walk Down to the bay… Paddle out in front of the PumpHouse building

Fickle Beach break over rocks, pretty weak most of the time, so is good for beginers and longboards. Can get really good on a low tide, but the exposed rocks have dmaged many a board.

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

Photos

In the gallery
Cayton bay surfing competition. Talk about picture post card… I only wish this was I sight I saw more often.. But doesn't boro look beautiful! Morning Mist Lines

Members' own photos of Pump house. Credits: col coupland, Sie Baker, SHAUN, David Reed.

Comments

1 Jan 2010 · silvabak As seen on T.V.!!
1 Jan 2010 · eightlegged Can hold a full on right hand barrel when the tide is low. Breaks over a boulder reef so it's a bit knarly!
25 May 2005 · Ry Beastly rocks right outside pumphouse, try not to fall surfing there at almost high tide, they tend to stick out a bit.
17 Apr 2005 · a longboarder Just had a right surf at pump house 6.30am 2 11.00am cool session
11 Apr 2005 · JB watch out for the rocks somone other day hit them an f**ked up there board realy bad!!!
24 Dec 2004 · d Good lefts and rights and can work thu tlow-mid-3/4s tide This spot can handle a crowd. Often closes out on smaller swells.

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