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The Seafield

★★★★★Good
Reef break Faces NE mid to high tide Offshore West Best swell East

Best of the week: Monday around 18:00, 3–4 ft and cross-off.

Surf now3–4ft2.4 m at 7 s from the SE, wind sea 0.6 m from the S
Wind15mphW · offshore · gusts 26
Tide 1.3mFalling · low 20:14 (1.2 m). Works mid to high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
3–4 ft Swell SE 7s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Sun
2–3 ft Swell NW 5s Wind 28 mph ★★★★★
Mon
3–4 ft Swell SE 7s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Tue
2–3 ft Swell SE 8s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★
Wed
0–1 ft Swell W 2s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Thu
0–1 ft Swell NW 3s Wind 7 mph ★★★★★
Fri
1–2 ft Swell S 2s Wind 7 mph ★★★★★
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30
Time 19 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 3–4 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–4 2–3 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 0 0 0 0–1 0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1
Swell 7s 4s 5s 6s 6s 5s 9s 9s 3s 5s 7s 8s 8s 4s 3s 7s 3s 3s 3s 2s 2s 3s 3s 2s 6s 5s 5s 5s 2s 2s 2s
Wind mph 15 34 35 34 32 30 10 6 13 17 15 22 27 27 24 18 11 14 14 15 14 7 6 11 12 12 14 11 9 7 7
Tide m 1.5↓ 1.4↓ 1.3↑ 4.0↑ 4.5↓ 1.9↓ 1.9↓ 0.8↑ 3.5↑ 4.9↓ 2.4↓ 2.6↓ 0.7↑ 2.9↑ 5.0↑ 3.0↓ 3.4↓ 0.8↓ 2.2↑ 4.8↑ 3.7↓ 4.1↓ 1.3↓ 1.7↑ 4.4↑ 4.3↓ 4.6↓ 2.1↓ 1.4↑ 3.7↑ 4.6↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way The Seafield faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at North Sunderland (Northumberland) 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 Wednesday 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

The Seafield faces north-east. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from NW 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 NESES
SE
2.4 m at 7 s (swell) · 50 % reaches the beach
S
0.6 m at 4 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

How The Seafield works

Swell
Best from the east.
Wind
Offshore is from the west; anything with north-east in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
mid to high tide.
Getting there
North up A1 (or south....!) head for Alnwick, then to the coast, find seahouses. Get to town center and drive out heading north. Go past rubbish crazy golf course (after getting fish, chips and an ice cream to eat) and look out for a restaurant on your left hand within 200 meters called "the Seafield". STOP. You made it. There used to be a petrol station immediately in front of where the break is. Look straight out to sea, about 10/ 15 degrees south of the southernmost Farne Isle. Its right in front of you. Paddle out next to the harbour wall on you right.

Excellent right hand reef break that is very easy to find. Works best on an easterly or strong southerly swell (over 4-5 foot, but the bigger the better), producing a 40/ 50 meter barreling right that rarely closes out, and has an easy escape before you hit the rocks. Is best with an offshore breeze, waves hit reef from reasonably deep water and so can be a bit hairy. A mate of mine broke his foot out there once.... youve been warned! Easy ish paddle out next to Seahouses harbour.

Tide times

  • Sat 20:14Low1.2 m
  • Sun 01:19High4.8 m
  • Sun 07:37Low0.8 m
  • Sun 13:53High4.8 m
  • Sun 19:51Low1.0 m
  • Mon 01:56High5.0 m
  • Mon 08:15Low0.7 m
  • Mon 14:27High5.0 m

North Sunderland (Northumberland) station, under 1 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
Waves breaking - geograph.org.uk - 5320664

James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Comments

7 Jul 2005 · ste+ does anyone know if bamburugh is surfable???

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