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Broadstairs - Viking Bay 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 SpotsFolkestoneCap Gris-Nez Walton-on-the-Naze Calais Wimereux Southend on Sea Camber sands Southwold Hastings Lowestoft De Panne Oostduinkerke Gorleston Great Yarmouth Eastbourne Westende Birling Gap Middelkerke Mariakerke Oostende Tidemills T'ooster Walcott Bacton Bredene Mundesley Cromer East Runton Brighton - Marina Brighton - West Pier Blankenberge Shoreham Petites Dalles Surfers Paradise Yport Vaucottes Domburg Littlehampton Etretat Vlissingen Skegness Schouwen Duiveland Sutton on Sea Sainte Adresse Renesse Bracklesham Bay East Wittering Trouville West Wittering Ouddorp Hayling Island Slufter Blokken Hoek Van Holland Withernsea Ter Heijde Kijkduin Scheveningen Nord Isle of Wight - Compton Hornsea Isle of Wight - Freshwater Katwijk Noordwijk aan Zee Zandvoort to Katwijk Highcliffe Southbourne Filey Wijk Aan Zee/Noordpier Boscombe Bournemouth |