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A surfer riding a wave at Portrush, Northern Ireland

Portrush: Several Beaches, One Of Them Is Usual...

Northern Ireland's best-known surf town without the tourist-board gloss: which beach to check first, the swell, wind and tide that make it work, what the water costs you in winter,...

Portrush: Several Beaches, One Of Them Is Usual...

Northern Ireland's best-known surf town without the tourist-board gloss: which beach to check first, the swell, wind and tide that make it work, what the water costs you in winter,...

How To Read A UK Surf Forecast (Without Driving...

Swell height is the number everyone looks at and the one that matters least. How to read a UK surf forecast in a minute: wind first, then direction, period, height...

How To Read A UK Surf Forecast (Without Driving...

Swell height is the number everyone looks at and the one that matters least. How to read a UK surf forecast in a minute: wind first, then direction, period, height...

The coast at Thurso, Caithness, on Scotland's north coast

Thurso East: The Best Right In Britain Is Also ...

Scotland's most famous wave without the tourist-board gloss: the swell, wind and tide Thurso East needs, why it isn't for improvers, how cold it actually gets, and where to go...

Thurso East: The Best Right In Britain Is Also ...

Scotland's most famous wave without the tourist-board gloss: the swell, wind and tide Thurso East needs, why it isn't for improvers, how cold it actually gets, and where to go...

Map of UK sea temperatures in October, warmest off Cornwall and the south coast

UK Sea Temperatures By Month (And What To Actua...

The UK sea bottoms out in March, not January, and peaks in September. Monthly water temperatures for Cornwall, the south coast, Wales, the North Sea and northern Scotland, and the...

UK Sea Temperatures By Month (And What To Actua...

The UK sea bottoms out in March, not January, and peaks in September. Monthly water temperatures for Cornwall, the south coast, Wales, the North Sea and northern Scotland, and the...

Saltburn-by-the-Sea on the North Yorkshire coast

Saltburn: The North Sea Works, It Just Keeps Wi...

The North East's surf town without the tourist-board gloss: the swell and wind Saltburn needs, why its best days come with the coldest water, and where to go when the...

Saltburn: The North Sea Works, It Just Keeps Wi...

The North East's surf town without the tourist-board gloss: the swell and wind Saltburn needs, why its best days come with the coldest water, and where to go when the...

Surfer at Fistral Beach, Newquay, with waves and an overcast sky behind

How To Get Better At Surfing (When You Live In ...

Most surf improvement advice assumes warm water and endless free time. Twelve tips that still work in a 5/4, midweek, in whatever the Atlantic sends - most of them free,...

How To Get Better At Surfing (When You Live In ...

Most surf improvement advice assumes warm water and endless free time. Twelve tips that still work in a 5/4, midweek, in whatever the Atlantic sends - most of them free,...