Local legend
Longsands, Tynemouth
Tynemouth, North Tyneside, United Kingdom55.023, -1.423Beach break · faces ENE (64°)
Spot guide
Longsands, Tynemouth is an ENE-facing beach break in Tynemouth, North Tyneside, United Kingdom. It picks up swell from N to NE and NE to E, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 61% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the WSW: light winds or WSW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while ENE onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- ENE (64°)
- Best swell
- N to E (0°–90°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- SSW to WNW offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- N to NE (2.5° to 42°); NE to E (53° to 100°)
- Offshore wind
- WSW
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- Cleeton AWS · 178 km away
- Cams
- None yet