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Cayton Point

Yorkshire, UK (England)
🪨Rocks⚠️Shallow😮‍💨Hold-downs🌀Strong rips

Cayton Point is Yorkshire's most feared wave--a heavy, multi-lipped left that breaks directly onto shallow boulder reef.

3-Day Forecast
Today
15
0
Poor
0.4m
@9s
26km/h
Mon
16
0
Poor
0.6m
@20s
18km/h
Tue
17
5
Poor
0.3m
@14s
25km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
0.4m
ENE(78°)
Score: 1/25
Period
9s
Short period / windswell
Score: 6/25
Wind
26km/h
SW(223°)
Score: 1/25
Weather
7°C
0.3mm66%
Windswell Component
0.5mSSW@3s
Secondary Swell
0.2mNE
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

1:15 am
High tide - 0.50m
7:22 am
Low tide - -1.44m
1:35 pm
High tide - 0.77m
7:41 pm
Low tide - -1.51m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

0
Poor
Components
Swell Direction0/25
Swell Size1/25
Swell Period6/25
Wind1/25
Raw Score8/100
Adjustments
Wind History-4
🌊💨 Windswell-7
⚠️ Weak Component-15
📉 Undersized Swell-10
🚫 Undersized Capmax 15
Adjusted Score0/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score0
🌊💨 Windswell

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
NNE (20°)
Direction range
340° - 60°
Size range
1.2m - 3m
Ideal size
2.6m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
13s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
W (270°)
Offshore range
225° - 315°
Best window
morning

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
low to mid

Water temp

10°C

Wetsuit

5/4mm + boots

Difficulty

9/10

Crowd level

2/10

Best Season

Peak: Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar

Secondary: Apr, Sep

Getting There

Airport
LBA
Drive time
85 min
Data quality
verified

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