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Breckon 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 SpotsMelbyQuendale Bay Bu Sands Fisk Helliar Birsay Bay Marwick Skail Bay Right Skara Brae Keiss Sinclairs Bay - Beach Dunnet Bay Castlehill to Murkle St Combs to Inverallochy Fraserburgh Murkle Point Thurso East S*** Pipe Peterhead (Sandford Bay) Brimms Ness - The Point Banff - Beach Boyndie Bay Cruden Bay Sandend (Moray Firth) Sandside Bay Balmedie to Newburgh Melvich Strathy Aberdeen - Beach Nigg Bay Armadale Bay Lossiemouth Torrisdale Brora Beach Stonehaven Sango Bay Durness (Balnakeil Bay) Lunan Bay Arbroath Sandwood Bay Kingsbarns St Andrews West St Andrews East Seacliff Coldingham Bay Belhaven Bay (Dunbar) Pease Bay Bamburgh Beadnell Bay Seaton To Blyth Port of Ness Eoropie Whitley Bay Tynemouth - Longsands South Shields Sunderland Hovden Faroe Islands Staffin Bay Dalbeg Isle of Lewis Glenbrittle Talisker Bay Cliff Caravans Graveyards Westport Machrihanish Dunaverty Ardnave Bay Balevullin |