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The Seafield

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

Best of the week: Thursday around 07:00, 5–7 ft and cross-off.

Surf now2–3ft1.0 m at 8 s from the N, wind sea 0.2 m from the SW
Wind8mphSW · offshore · gusts 13
Tide 1.6mRising · high 05:18 (4.2 m). Works mid to high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
1–2 ft Swell NE 7s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Sun
2–4 ft Swell E 10s Wind 4 mph ★★★★★
Mon
2–3 ft Swell N 7s Wind 14 mph ★★★★★
Tue
2–3 ft Swell N 7s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Wed
3–5 ft Swell N 8s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Thu
5–7 ft Swell N 10s Wind 6 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 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–4 3–4 3–4 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 3–4 3–4 3–4 3–4 3–5 5–7 5–7 5–7 5–7 5–7
Swell 8s 7s 6s 6s 3s 7s 8s 10s 12s 5s 7s 8s 4s 7s 7s 7s 7s 7s 7s 7s 8s 7s 7s 8s 8s 9s 10s 9s 9s 9s
Wind mph 8 11 13 11 9 12 9 4 15 24 14 16 14 10 6 19 19 17 14 12 11 9 11 11 12 6 6 4 6 7
Tide m 4.1↓ 2.3↓ 1.8↑ 3.6↑ 4.3↓ 4.0↑ 2.8↓ 1.8↑ 3.1↑ 4.2↑ 3.7↑ 3.3↓ 2.0↓ 2.6↑ 3.9↑ 3.3↑ 3.6↓ 2.3↓ 2.3↑ 3.5↑ 2.8↑ 3.7↑ 2.9↓ 2.1↑ 3.0↑ 2.3↑ 3.7↑ 3.4↓ 2.1↓ 2.4↑
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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 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

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 NENSW
N
1.0 m at 8 s (swell) · 72 % reaches the beach
SW
0.2 m at 2 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 05:18High4.2 m
  • Sat 10:59Low1.6 m
  • Sat 17:18High4.4 m
  • Sat 23:31Low1.4 m
  • Sun 06:04High4.0 m
  • Sun 11:38Low1.8 m
  • Sun 18:04High4.2 m
  • Mon 00:18Low1.6 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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