Home / North East / Scarborough

South Bay

★★★★★Flat
Beach break Faces SE mid to high tide Offshore West Best swell East
Surf now0ft0.1 m at 8 s from the N, wind sea 0.2 m from the SW
Wind15mphSW · cross-off · gusts 29
Tide 2.8mFalling · low 17:15 (2.7 m). Works mid to high tide.

Live webcam

2 cameras

Open the Scarborough seafront (Farson) cam by Farson Digital Watercams · HD stream, free to view. Opens the provider's page in a new tab.

Open the Scarborough South Bay (surf-forecast) cam by surf-forecast.com. Opens the provider's page in a new tab.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sun
0 ft Swell SW 2s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Mon
0 ft Swell SW 2s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Tue
0 ft Swell N 10s Wind 3 mph ★★★★★
Wed
0 ft Swell N 3s Wind 8 mph ★★★★★
Thu
0 ft Swell – Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Fri
0 ft Swell – Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Sat
0 ft Swell – Wind 14 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swell 2s 2s 2s 2s 2s 2s 10s 13s 10s 10s 3s 3s – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Wind mph 11 12 13 15 15 13 3 5 7 8 8 8 9 11 12 9 15 17 18 17 12 11 14 14 13 15 14 16 17 17 15
Tide m 2.8↑ 2.3↓ 3.2↑ 4.6↑ 4.0↓ 2.8↓ 2.4↓ 2.3↑ 4.2↑ 4.8↓ 3.1↓ 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↓
Rating ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way South Bay faces. Arrows show where the swell and wind are heading. 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. Hours no model reaches are left blank, not shown as flat.

Exposure

South Bay faces south-east. Swell inside the lit window reaches the beach; anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces SENSW
N
0.1 m at 8 s (swell) · blocked, 0 %
SW
0.2 m at 2 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

How South Bay works

Swell
Best from the east.
Wind
West is offshore.
Tide
mid to high tide.
Getting there
Park anywhere

Good for shelter from strong northley winds, it's usually still rubbish but you can get a wave. Gentley sloping beaches make for a slow weak wave ideal for beginers. Occationaly it'll turn it on when a clean southly/eastly swell hits.. but it's rarely very good.

Tide times

  • Sun 17:15Low2.7 m
  • Sun 23:18High4.6 m
  • Mon 06:14Low2.3 m
  • Mon 12:33High4.7 m
  • Mon 19:00Low2.7 m
  • Tue 00:55High4.8 m
  • Tue 07:43Low2.0 m
  • Tue 14:03High4.9 m

Scarborough station, under 1 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

All 15
Fickle Beach break over rocks, pretty weak most of the time, so is good for beginers and longboards. Can get really good on a low tide, but the exposed rocks have dmaged many a board. South Bay South Bay The exception to the rule!! you cant get barreled at south bay!! South Bay Good for shelter from strong northley winds, it's usually still rubbish but you can get a wave. Gentley sloping beaches make for a slow weak wave ideal for beginers. Occationaly it'll turn it on when a clean southly/eastly swell hits.. but it's rarely very good. South Bay

Members' own photos of South Bay. Credits: Lanza, Col Coupland.

Comments

1 Jan 2010 · silvabak magic!! ie. turns s*** occasionly into something that doesn't resemble 'it' at all!
1 Jan 2010 · eightlegged Works well in big south easterly swells. It can clean up Big northly swell in Strong N/NE winds but often disapoints in those conditions.
21 Jul 2005 · Tom Great Wave
10 Jul 2005 · leeskin south bays only suitable for large fraggles or small beavers
24 Dec 2004 · d leave it to the longboarders, begginners and the masses..its hard to remember having any good sessions here...but sometimes it is the only options when big N swell arrives accompnied with a NW wind. Use this spot in a SE'erly to indicate what other waves elsewhere coast will be doing ;)
27 Sep 2004 · emidssurf surfed south bay after a couple of hours at Cayton this Sat. South Bay had some fun peaks but rides were pretty short. Nice mellow vibe!!
9 Jan 2003 · Sie Baker south bay slop!!
9 Jan 2003 · Danny has it's momments... good for hiding from NE winds.

Log in or join to comment.

Nearby