Staithes Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.56° N 0.79° W

Staithes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Staithes sea temperature is
13.2°C
1.9° 

Staithes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Staithes today (22 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Staithes at 11PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)--
Afternoon (22 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (22 Oct)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri morning, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Fri morning, gales from the WSW by Sat night).

Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
7
1
N
8
0.9
N
8
0.8
N
8
1.7
E
6
1.5
E
6
1.4
E
6
1.1
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
6
2.2
NW
6
3
NNW
7
3
NNW
8
2.4
NNW
8
1.8
N
8
1.3
N
8
1
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.3
N
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
55
82
118
98
88
174
173
153
105
48
306
1036
1287
762
428
186
106
35
9
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SSE
20
ESE
35
ESE
40
E
10
SSE
10
SW
15
WNW
50
WNW
55
NW
50
NW
40
WNW
30
W
20
SW
35
SSW
50
S
50
S
50
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
2:02PM3.52m
1:59AM3.80m
2:39PM3.83m
2:39AM4.08m
3:13PM4.12m
Low Tide
8:05PM1.38m
8:30AM0.74m
8:47PM1.08m
9:09AM0.45m
9:25PM0.78m
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light rain
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cloud
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light rain
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7:46
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7:48
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5:50
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5:46
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5:45
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 mm
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6
2
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2
2
1
1
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3
3
Temp °C
12
9
9
9
11
12
12
13
12
9
7
7
7
7
9
10
10
13
11
Feels °C
7
5
5
4
4
4
11
11
9
-2
-5
-4
-2
-1
4
3
-1
4
-1
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