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“You might try the point. With the incoming tide, it will work well. It´s a high-performance wave.” My host Mike had given me this advice last night. The tide should be high enough now.
I had made it through Scarborough without losing too much time and reached the bay about half an hour before dusk. The first view on the point revealed that the tide was right and that there was enough swell. Once I spotted the surfers out there and got a perspective it became clear that it was more than enough swell. Probably the biggest surf-able waves I have ever seen at the North Sea.
Unfortunately, the swell was not very clean due to the still stiff side-shore wind. Due to the exceptional size of the swell waves were breaking on the outer reefs where they were fully exposed to the wind. So, no machine-like pointbreak perfection was on offer and finding position for catching waves seemed to be quite difficult.
The odd clean-up set caught everybody inside which did not make it easier out there. Nevertheless, the odd set met the point at the correct angle and you got an idea how this would look with a cleaner swell.
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