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Paington

★★★★★Flat
Faces E low tide Offshore West Best swell East
Surf now0ftNothing arriving
Wind5mphSE · onshore · gusts 11
Tide 2.6mFalling · low 18:40 (2.3 m). Works low tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sun
0 ft Swell E 5s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Mon
0 ft Swell SE 4s Wind 4 mph ★★★★★
Tue
0–1 ft Swell E 3s Wind 7 mph ★★★★★
Wed
0–1 ft Swell N 2s Wind 13 mph ★★★★★
Thu
0 ft Swell NW 3s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Fri
0 ft Swell W 2s Wind 14 mph ★★★★★
Sat
0 ft Swell SW 5s Wind 9 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swell 5s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 3s 3s 3s 3s 3s 2s 3s 3s 3s 3s 3s 3s 3s 3s 2s 3s 3s 4s 4s 5s 4s 5s 5s 2s
Wind mph 5 4 1 3 6 9 5 3 6 7 3 11 15 17 18 16 9 11 13 12 9 14 16 19 22 15 9 10 12 11 9
Tide m 2.4↓ 2.6↓ 2.6↑ 3.6↑ 3.9↓ 2.9↓ 3.2↓ 2.2↓ 2.9↑ 4.2↑ 3.5↓ 3.9↓ 2.1↓ 2.2↑ 4.1↑ 4.3↓ 4.5↓ 2.4↓ 1.5↑ 3.6↑ 4.8↓ 4.8↑ 2.9↓ 1.0↑ 2.9↑ 5.0↑ 4.8↑ 3.7↓ 0.9↓ 2.2↑ 4.9↑
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Paington faces. Arrows show where the swell and wind are heading. Tide is the height at Torquay 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

Paington 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 E

How Paington works

Swell
Best from the east.
Wind
West is offshore.
Tide
low tide.
Getting there
Go on the M5 Head towards Torquay and go to Torbay and drive along until you come to a beach called Preston.

This only works on an eastly wind where there a lot of wind about 20-25 knots. This happens rarely but keep your eyes on the forecast. Usually comes around in the winter. Warning Kevs everywhere in the summer and lots of tourists, so don't get your board dinged.

Tide times

  • Sun 18:40Low2.3 m
  • Mon 01:35High3.7 m
  • Mon 07:31Low2.4 m
  • Mon 14:18High4.0 m
  • Mon 20:39Low2.2 m
  • Tue 03:24High3.8 m
  • Tue 09:17Low2.2 m
  • Tue 15:47High4.2 m

Torquay station, 4 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

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