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The Seafield

★★★★★Small
Reef break Faces E mid to high tide Offshore West Best swell East
Surf now0–1ft0.3 m at 4 s from the SE, wind sea 0.3 m from the SW
Wind7mphS · cross-off · gusts 13
Tide 2.3mRising · high 21:51 (3.9 m). Works mid to high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sun
0–1 ft Swell SE 4s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Mon
0–1 ft Swell SE 5s Wind 10 mph ★★★★★
Tue
0 ft Swell N 8s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Wed
0 ft Swell N 5s Wind 7 mph ★★★★★
Thu
1–2 ft Swell N 5s Wind 17 mph ★★★★★
Fri
1–2 ft Swell NE 7s Wind 7 mph ★★★★★
Sat
1–2 ft Swell W 3s Wind 17 mph ★★★★★
Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10
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 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0 1–2 0–1 0–1 0
Swell 4s 5s 5s 3s 3s 5s 8s 8s 7s 6s 6s 5s 3s 3s 3s 7s 4s 4s 5s 5s 6s 7s 7s 7s 7s 7s 7s 3s 3s 3s 3s
Wind mph 12 12 14 18 19 15 5 5 7 5 4 7 9 11 11 12 14 15 17 15 8 16 13 7 9 16 16 17 20 19 15
Tide m 2.6↑ 1.9↑ 3.5↑ 3.8↓ 2.5↓ 2.0↑ 1.3↑ 2.6↑ 4.1↑ 3.2↓ 1.7↓ 1.2↓ 1.8↑ 4.1↑ 3.9↓ 1.8↓ 1.5↓ 1.1↑ 3.7↑ 4.5↓ 2.2↓ 2.1↓ 0.7↑ 3.1↑ 4.8↓ 2.7↓ 2.8↓ 0.6↓ 2.4↑ 4.8↑ 3.3↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way The Seafield faces. Arrows show where the swell and wind are heading. 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 Thursday 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 east. Swell inside the lit window reaches the beach; anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces ESESW
SE
0.3 m at 4 s (swell) · 47 % reaches the beach
SW
0.3 m at 2 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

How The Seafield works

Swell
Best from the east.
Wind
West is offshore.
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

  • Sun 21:51High3.9 m
  • Mon 04:24Low1.5 m
  • Mon 10:58High3.9 m
  • Mon 17:09Low1.9 m
  • Mon 23:22High4.0 m
  • Tue 05:53Low1.3 m
  • Tue 12:22High4.1 m
  • Tue 18:25Low1.7 m

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

Comments

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

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