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Kook101
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Shoreham Spots

Postby Kook101 » Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:25 pm

Hi there,

I've just moved to the area and was wondering where the spots are around Shoreham Harbour and what tide/direction they work on? I know there are a couple of beaches tucked away on each breakwater arm but am unsure which works best when.
http://www.sharkbait.co.uk/frontstories ... _zone.html

Also does the beach ever get any decent swell or are the banks poor/beach wrong direction?


Cheers dudes

Graywig
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Re: Shoreham Spots

Postby Graywig » Fri Sep 11, 2015 8:08 am

Here you go:

Shoreham Beach, by Beach Green, fun at mid tide on a groundswell or cleaned up windswell. Shore dump is a great laugh at high tide on an old board. Offshore NW-NE

Shoreham Harbour - Hollows, on the West side, inside the main harbour wall, by the old fort - low tide on a 6.0+ tide, in a solid SW storm, gets a great little wave, wind blows offshore/no wind. Crap at any other tide, or if it's not big tides.

Shoreham Harbour - Soldiers Point - mid to low, tide, either on the push or drop, nice wave up the side of the western inner harrbour wall.

Shoreham Harbour - Eastern side, up the side of the outer harbour wall, good on most storms except dead southerly, works most tides, apart from high tide.

New Beach, AKA Bumholes - outside the Eastern Harbour wall, gets nice on a SW or W storm with protection, mid to low tide, has the odd moment of glory, but usually fat pop up peaks.

Hotpipes - Mid to low tide, offshore on a NW - NE, works with windswell and moderate onshores, OK on a groundie. Best days there are when a big SW storm comes in and the wind goes NW as the low pressure moves over. If it coincides with the right tide, it can get pretty good. Best on the outgoing tide.

Have fun. You need to be clued up to what the wind is doing by the hour to luck into decent waves - just keep an eye open for a SW - NW switch as a low goes over, or the winds to drop as the centre of a low comes down the South Coast. Groundswells for the South Coast down that way are easy enough to pick - you need a big low in Bisay to do it. If Cornwall is over 6 ft from the W or Sw, then there should be something up the South Coast a few hours or a day later.


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