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East Point Beach

Essex · United Kingdom

IntermediateBeach break51.722, 0.786

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East Point Beach is a S-facing sand beach on the United Kingdom shoreline, opening onto the Irish Sea — it catches SE–SW swell, and offshore NW–NE winds tidy the banks through april–october.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~17.5°C (63.5°F) on average

Jan

7.3°C

45.1°F · 4.6–10.3°C

Feb

6.4°C

43.5°F · 4.5–8.8°C

Mar

6.9°C

44.4°F · 4.4–8.8°C

Apr

9.1°C

48.4°F · 6.8–11.5°C

May

12.2°C

54°F · 10.1–15.4°C

Jun

14.9°C

58.8°F · 13.1–18.2°C

Jul

17.6°C

63.7°F · 15.8–20.4°C

Aug

18.6°C

65.5°F · 16.9–20.8°C

Sep

17.5°C

63.5°F · 15.2–20.2°C

Oct

15.1°C

59.2°F · 13.6–17.5°C

Nov

11.9°C

53.4°F · 9–14.4°C

Dec

9.2°C

48.6°F · 7.1–10.9°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

SE–SW

Best wind

NW–NE

Break type

Beach break

Best season

April–October

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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