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Kingsbarns Seasonal Surf Averages
Swell Consistency and Wind Overview
This graph shows the percentage of days that had a ridable wind swell (7 seconds period or more) or groundswell (10 seconds period or more) of over 3ft. It also shows the dominant wind direction. Not all of these days will neccessarily give great surf, and very short lived wind swells or longer period secondary swells may produce surf not recorded, but it gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend and a rough guide to the chances of scoring something ridable.
Monthly Overview
Understanding this DataThese swell averages are calculated ONLY on swells of more than 7 seconds period. This means this is the average height of a swell that's likely to produce ridable surf NOT an average of every wave heading toward the beach in a month. Likewise the period is the average period OVER 7 seconds. There will be days that have short period wind swells that won't produce and ridable swell and these are excluded from the averages. The consistency figure gives the percentage of days that meet this condition. For example if the consistency is 50% you could expect the 'average' swell for about 15 days in the month. Of course an average tells only part of the story. A combination of very large and very small swells may produce the same average as a consistent medium sized swell. |
Monthly DataJanuaryFebruary March April May June July August September October November December Nearby SpotsSt Andrews WestSeacliff Arbroath Belhaven Bay (Dunbar) Lunan Bay Pease Bay Coldingham Bay Stonehaven Nigg Bay Aberdeen - Beach Balmedie to Newburgh Bamburgh Beadnell Bay Cruden Bay Banff - Beach Boyndie Bay Sandend (Moray Firth) Peterhead (Sandford Bay) Fraserburgh St Combs to Inverallochy Lossiemouth Seaton To Blyth Whitley Bay Tynemouth - Longsands South Shields Sunderland St Bees Brora Beach Silecroft Sinclairs Bay - Beach Keiss Marske to Tees Redcar Saltburn Beach Dunnet Bay Castlehill to Murkle Murkle Point Thurso East S*** Pipe Brimms Ness - The Point Blackpool South Sandside Bay Bu Sands Melvich Strathy Armadale Bay Whitby Torrisdale Skara Brae Skail Bay Right Fisk Helliar Marwick Birsay Bay Scarborough - North Bay Scarborough - South Bay Isle of Man S*** Pipe drivers The edge The Point Cayton Bay - Pumphouse Barrel Rock Sango Bay Durness (Balnakeil Bay) Filey Caravans Graveyards Westport Dunaverty Machrihanish |