Cayton Point surf forecast

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Cayton Point

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Reef break Faces NE high tide Offshore West Best swell North East

Best of the week: Thursday around 17:00, 3–5 ft and offshore.

Surf now1–2ft0.3 m at 7 s from the N, wind sea 0.4 m from the N

Wind7mphN · onshore · gusts 13

Tide 2.7mRising · high 02:09 (5.1 m). Works high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe

Tue

1–2 ft Swell N 2s Wind 7 mph ★★★★★

Wed

2–3 ft Swell N 4s Wind 16 mph ★★★★★

Thu

3–5 ft Swell N 7s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★

Fri

2–3 ft Swell NE 8s Wind 17 mph ★★★★★

Sat

1–2 ft Swell W 3s Wind 14 mph ★★★★★

Sun

2–3 ft Swell N 6s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★

Mon

1–2 ft Swell NE 6s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★

	Tue 6	Wed 7					Thu 8					Fri 9					Sat 10					Sun 11					Mon 12
Time	21	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
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Swell	2s	4s	4s	4s	4s	4s	5s	7s	7s	7s	7s	8s	8s	3s	3s	7s	3s	3s	3s	3s	3s	6s	6s	6s	6s	5s	5s	6s	7s	6s	5s
Wind mph	7	14	16	14	15	11	18	17	13	7	7	17	17	16	16	15	14	17	19	19	18	13	12	9	9	6	12	15	13	13	11
Tide m	2.5↑	2.9↓	1.6↑	3.5↑	5.2↓	3.7↓	3.7↓	1.3↓	2.6↑	5.3↑	4.4↓	4.6↓	1.5↓	1.8↑	5.1↑	5.0↓	5.3↓	2.0↓	1.2↑	4.6↑	5.4↓	5.8↓	2.7↓	1.0↑	3.9↑	5.7↓	6.0↓	3.4↓	1.0↓	3.3↑	5.7↑
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Cayton Point 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 Saturday 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

Cayton Point faces north-east. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from N 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.

N: 0.3 m at 7 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
N: 0.4 m at 2 s (wind sea) · 100 % reaches the beach

How Cayton Point 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: high tide.
Getting there: The wave is at the north end of cayton point. Park at knipe point, and walk down through the woods to the wave. It's then a 3-400 meter paddle to the point.

A gnarly boulder point break only for the experienced surfer. Breaks left onto a shallow boulder reef with a small take off point. Often offers long barrels and fast sections, which can often catch out regular footed riders. Works best in large northly storm surf as cayton headland provides shelter from Northely winds. This is a dangerous wave and should be approcahed by season surfers with care. Beware : Rocks, crowds, more rocks, long walks, hypothermia! you have been warned.