Staithes surf break

Staithes surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 2026 GMT
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Staithes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Staithes sea temperature is
8.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Staithes today?

The current surf forecast for Staithes at 2AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s
Afternoon (07 Jan)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s

Table - waves today at Staithes. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
1.4
NW
1.8
NW
2
NNW
2.4
N
3
NNE
3
NNE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
1.9
NE
1.6
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.3
NNE
1.6
NE
2.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)10109566111010101010999888666789
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15111511094222293134421621697144813399595993762752161511401762092091343671058
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
30
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
25
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
SW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
20
ENE
30
NE
30
NNE
35
N
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:13AM
4.19
6:16PM
4.56
7:00AM
3.98
7:01PM
4.35
7:46AM
3.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:09AM
-0.00
12:18PM
0.75
12:53AM
0.19
1:00PM
0.95
1:37AM
0.46
1:42PM
1.16
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----8:22-------8:22-------8:21---
Sunset------3:55-------3:56-------3:57-
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11--------------12234211
Temp. °C433334655433233343344443
Feels °C (?)-5-5-4-5-6-6-3-4-2-100-2-1-1-2-2-4-4-4-3-4-5-6
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