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Pump house

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

Best of the week: Monday around 07:00, 3–4 ft and offshore.

Surf now1–2ft0.6 m at 7 s from the NE, wind sea 1.8 m from the SE
Wind26mphS · offshore · gusts 44
Tide 4.9mFalling · low 22:02 (1.7 m). Works mid tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
1–2 ft Swell SE 5s Wind 26 mph ★★★★★
Sun
2–3 ft Swell N 9s Wind 21 mph ★★★★★
Mon
3–4 ft Swell N 11s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Tue
0–1 ft Swell S 4s Wind 21 mph ★★★★★
Wed
0 ft Swell SW 3s Wind 17 mph ★★★★★
Thu
0–1 ft Swell NW 3s Wind 10 mph ★★★★★
Fri
1–2 ft Swell N 6s Wind 14 mph ★★★★★
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30
Time 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 06 09 12 15 18
Surf ft 1–2 0–1 0–1 0 2–3 2–3 3–4 3–5 3–4 2–3 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2
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Wind mph 27 33 29 31 25 21 8 9 13 14 16 21 21 27 23 17 17 16 18 15 11 9 10 11 12 10 14 14 14 13 13
Tide m 4.5↓ 3.6↓ 1.2↓ 3.1↑ 5.7↑ 4.2↓ 4.3↓ 1.3↓ 2.3↑ 5.6↑ 4.8↓ 5.1↓ 1.7↓ 1.7↑ 5.1↑ 5.4↓ 5.6↓ 2.4↓ 1.3↑ 4.4↑ 5.7↓ 5.8↓ 3.3↓ 1.3↑ 3.6↑ 5.7↑ – – – – –
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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 NENESE
NE
0.6 m at 7 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
SE
1.8 m at 5 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 22:02Low1.7 m
  • Sun 02:56High5.7 m
  • Sun 09:21Low1.2 m
  • Sun 15:23High5.8 m
  • Sun 21:40Low1.4 m
  • Mon 03:33High5.9 m
  • Mon 09:57Low1.0 m
  • Mon 15:59High5.9 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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