What is the surf like at Croyde today?

This afternoon at Croyde: 1.1ft swell, Cloud, 11°, 4kt E, gusts 6. Swell, wind and tide sit on this page so you can decide before you drive.

What is the Croyde surf forecast for the week?

Croyde this week: Poor now. Best looking Tue 10: sweet, 3.0ft.

How is the Croyde surf report scored?

Open-Meteo supplies swell, wind and weather on an hourly cron. WorldTides supplies the high and low clocks. We then score Croyde for wrap, wind and the usual tide window. The number at the top is this hour. Later week cards are the best hour of that day. Height is the swell that makes the beach, not the raw model.

Croyde

Updated Fri 6 Nov 14:20

Quality

PoorToo small

Swell

1.1ft

Tide

15:5422:08

Weather

11°4kt E, gusts 6

6-day surf report

Updated Fri 6 Nov 14:20

Next beach: Putsborough

Now · Fri 6

PoorToo small

1.1ft

10-12°4kt E, gusts 6

03:34 · 15:5409:41 · 22:08

Sat 7

PoorToo small

1.1ft

10-13°8kt SE, gusts 11

04:19 · 16:3710:22 · 22:45

Sun 8

FlatToo small

0.9ft

7-13°9kt SE, gusts 12

04:59 · 17:1610:59 · 23:20

Mon 9

MehToo small

2.1ft

11s

8-11°15kt E, gusts 25

05:36 · 17:5311:34 · 23:52

Tue 10

SweetOffshore

3.0ft

10s

9-14°8kt ESE, gusts 13

06:12 · 18:2812:07

Wed 11

OKOffshore

3.1ft

10s

11-16°6kt ESE, gusts 10

06:46 · 19:0100:23 · 12:40

The beach

Croyde

Croyde sits on the North Devon run. Swell, wind and tide for this beach and the neighbours, so you can pick a peak before you leave the car park. Today is Cloud, 11°, 4kt E, gusts 6.

Devon’s most famous peak. Fast, hollow beach break that needs the right tide and gets busy the moment it is on.

Downend on the north side is the more serious wave. Low to mid is the window. High is often a shorebreak.

Faces W. Best swell WSW-NW. Level: intermediate. Crowd: busy.

On the sand

Before you paddle out at Croyde

Parking

North Devon Council’s Croyde car park is the coastal short-stay tariff: in summer £1.60 an hour up to £16 all day; in winter £0.90 an hour or £3.50 all day. Down End is the Braunton-side entrance; the Ruda end is the village/holiday-park access. Beachside Holiday Park notes the Ruda-end parks fill fast in summer.

Hire & lessons

Surf South West is on Croyde Burrows Car Park, Moor Lane, original school, hire and adaptive centre. Surfing Croyde Bay is at Baggy Lodge, Moor Lane, with lessons, hire and showers. Croyde Surf Hire (the pink shop in the village since 1987) sizes boards and suits for Croyde and Saunton.

Vibe

The RNLI calls Croyde a premium surf beach with powerful waves, prominent rip currents and heavy sandbars, and still popular with families on the sand. The peak is competitive when it is on; the schools run beginner groups in the flagged water. This is not the longboard cruisers’ beach.

Access & hazards

RNLI: powerful waves, prominent rips and heavy sandbars. Patrols 10am-6pm on the published seasonal dates; no flags means no lifeguards. The Met Office rates Croyde a high risk of rips. Headlands at both ends are rocky. High tide is often a shorebreak, the working window is the drop.

Sources North Devon car park charges 2025 · RNLI Croyde · Met Office Croyde · Surf South West

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