Surf spots and live cams in North East England

• Bamburgh Beginner · Beach break
  Bamburgh is a long sandy beach below Bamburgh Castle on the Northumberland coast, looking out to the Farne Islands.
• Beadnell Bay Beadnell · Beginner · Beach break
  Beadnell Bay is a long, curving sandy bay south of Beadnell village.
• Embleton Bay Embleton · Intermediate · Beach break
  Embleton Bay is a wide sandy bay below the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle, with a golf course behind the dunes.
• Druridge Bay Cresswell · Beginner · Beach break
  Druridge Bay is a 10 km stretch of sand and dunes between Amble and Cresswell, much of it a country park and nature reserve.
• Hartley Reef Seaton Sluice · Advanced · Reef break
  Hartley Reef is a flat rock reef north of Whitley Bay, between Seaton Sluice and St Mary's Island.
• Whitley Bay Beginner · Beach break
  Whitley Bay is a long town beach on the North Tyneside coast, with St Mary's lighthouse at its north end.
• Tynemouth – Longsands Tynemouth · Beginner · Beach break
  Longsands is Tynemouth's main beach, a long stretch of sand half a mile north of the town centre and only a short Metro ride from Newcastle.
• Tynemouth – King Edward's Bay Tynemouth · Intermediate · Beach break
  King Edward's Bay is a small sandy cove below Tynemouth Priory, just south of Longsands.
• Black Middens Tynemouth · Expert · Reef break
  Black Middens is a rock reef on the north bank inside the mouth of the River Tyne, between the piers, below Tynemouth Priory.
• Saltburn Saltburn-by-the-Sea · Beginner · Beach break
  Saltburn is a Victorian seaside town with a pier and a long, north-facing beach below the cliffs.
• Staithes Expert · Reef break
  Staithes is a small fishing village in a steep gully on the North Yorkshire coast.
• Runswick Bay Intermediate · Reef break
  Runswick Bay is a small bay below a village of red-roofed cottages on the North Yorkshire coast.
• Sandsend Intermediate · Beach break
  Sandsend is a village at the north end of the long beach that runs to Whitby.
• Whitby – West Cliff Whitby · Beginner · Beach break
  Whitby's beach runs west from the harbour piers below the West Cliff.
• Robin Hood's Bay Intermediate · Reef break
  Robin Hood's Bay is a steep fishing village above a wide bay of flat rock scars.
• Scarborough – North Bay Scarborough · Intermediate · Beach break
  Scarborough's North Bay is a curved bay north of the castle headland, with a sea wall behind it.
• Scarborough – South Bay Scarborough · Beginner · Beach break
  The South Bay is Scarborough's main town beach, between the harbour and the Spa.
• Cayton Bay Cayton · Intermediate · Beach break
  Cayton Bay is a sandy bay below wooded cliffs south of Scarborough, with old Second World War bunkers on the beach.
• Filey Bay Filey · Beginner · Beach break
  Filey Bay is a long, sandy bay sheltered by Filey Brigg, a long rocky spit at its north end.

North East England in the guides

• Best spots to learn to surf
  Where to take your first waves: forgiving sandy beaches with surf schools, from Biarritz and the Basque coast to Peniche, the Costa Vicentina and Lanzarote, and from Cornwall and Donegal to the North Sea.
• Uncrowded winter waves
  Winter brings the best swells of the year, but the famous spots get crowded whenever they break. These are quieter beaches and breaks across Europe: Scotland's north coast and islands, the west of Ireland, Portugal's Alentejo, the Azores, Norway and Denmark, plus empty corners of Normandy, the Médoc and north Spain.
• Scotland and North East England surf trip
  Northumberland's castle beaches, Tynemouth's city surf, Saltburn's pier and the reefs and bays of the North Yorkshire coast.