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Crow Point kitesurf and wingfoil spot

United Kingdom · England

Spot currently openAdvanced levelAltitude 4 m 51.08 | -4.19

Overview

Crow Point is a sandy spit at the mouth of the Taw and Torridge in North Devon. The spot offers a vast expanse of sand at low tide with flat water conditions in the estuary and waves on the sea side. Braunton Burrows nature reserve.

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Spot forecast for Crow Point

Sunrise 07:48 · Sunset 18:14

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

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Tides

Heights above lowest astronomical tide, in the spot's local time. Computed 7.1 km from the spot.

6:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:00Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24 Now00:555.8 m07:153.6 m13:516.1 m20:073.4 m02:436.1 m08:363.3 m15:136.5 m21:183 m03:456.6 m09:402.8 m16:057.1 m22:122.4 m04:307.2 m10:312.3 m16:477.7 m22:571.8 m05:097.9 m11:151.7 m17:268.3 m23:381.3 m
  • Tuesday 20 October High tide · 5.8 m Low tide · 3.6 m High tide · 6.1 m Low tide · 3.4 m
  • Wednesday 21 October High tide · 6.1 m Low tide · 3.3 m High tide · 6.5 m Low tide · 3 m
  • Thursday 22 October High tide · 6.6 m Low tide · 2.8 m High tide · 7.1 m Low tide · 2.4 m
  • Friday 23 October High tide · 7.2 m Low tide · 2.3 m High tide · 7.7 m Low tide · 1.8 m
  • Saturday 24 October High tide · 7.9 m Low tide · 1.7 m High tide · 8.3 m Low tide · 1.3 m

Crow Point: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

326h

in July · 29.5 rideable days

The season runs from May to September, peaking in July: 25 rideable days a month and 326 hours of usable wind, at 18 °C. The low point is October, at 14.5 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 January: 16.5 rideable days J February: 17.5 rideable days F March: 16 rideable days M April: 17 rideable days A May: 23 rideable days M June: 27.5 rideable days J July: 29.5 rideable days29.5 d J August: 25.5 rideable days A September: 20.5 rideable days S October: 14.5 rideable days14.5 d O November: 14.5 rideable days14.5 d N December: 16 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 January: 16.5 rideable days J February: 17.5 rideable days F March: 16 rideable days M April: 17 rideable days A May: 23 rideable days M June: 27.5 rideable days J July: 29.5 rideable days29.5 d J August: 25.5 rideable days A September: 20.5 rideable days S October: 14.5 rideable days14.5 d O November: 14.5 rideable days14.5 d N December: 16 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 63%13-20 knots · 33%21-30 knots · 4%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 63% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 8 °C. The wettest month is February, with 129 mm.

Monthly averages: Crow Point
Monthly averages — Crow Point — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 16.5 120 h 8 °C 125 mm
February 17.5 166 h 10 °C 129 mm
March 16.0 144 h 12 °C 86 mm
April 17.0 181 h 14 °C 106 mm
May 23.0 245 h 18 °C 54 mm
June 27.5 352 h 18 °C 74 mm
July 29.5 326 h 19 °C 73 mm
August 25.5 292 h 20 °C 43 mm
September 20.5 200 h 17 °C 128 mm
October 14.5 139 h 15 °C 110 mm
November 14.5 124 h 12 °C 119 mm
December 16.0 128 h 10 °C 96 mm

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Technical details of Crow Point spot

N: Rideable NNE: Depending on conditions NE: Depending on conditions ENE: Not rideable E: Not rideable ESE: Not rideable SE: Not rideable SSE: Not rideable S: Not rideable SSW: Depending on conditions SW: Rideable WSW: Rideable W: Rideable WNW: Rideable NW: Rideable NNW: Rideable N E S W

The spot works with winds from N, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

Depending on conditions: NNE, NE, SSW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable
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Parking
Crow Point car park accessible via a track through the dunes (toll road). Limited spaces.
Hazards
Extremely strong currents at the Taw/Torridge mouth. Shifting sandbanks. Fast incoming tide. Access road submerged at high tide. Nature reserve — possible restrictions.

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