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North Beach

Coastal areas · United Kingdom

IntermediateBeach break-52.424, -59.058

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North Beach is a SE-facing sand beach on the United Kingdom shoreline, opening onto the Oglander Bay — it catches E–S swell, and offshore W–N winds tidy the banks through october–april.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~5.1°C (41.2°F) on average

Jan

9.7°C

49.5°F · 7.7–10.8°C

Feb

9.8°C

49.6°F · 8.5–11.5°C

Mar

9.2°C

48.6°F · 8–10.6°C

Apr

8.2°C

46.8°F · 7.1–9.8°C

May

7.1°C

44.8°F · 5.9–8.2°C

Jun

6.1°C

43°F · 5.1–7.2°C

Jul

5.4°C

41.7°F · 4.1–6.5°C

Aug

5.1°C

41.2°F · 4–6°C

Sep

5.1°C

41.2°F · 3.5–6.4°C

Oct

5.7°C

42.3°F · 4.8–6.8°C

Nov

6.9°C

44.4°F · 5.4–7.8°C

Dec

8.5°C

47.3°F · 6.9–10°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

E–S

Best wind

W–N

Break type

Beach break

Best season

October–April

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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