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Best day this week

Saturday 12 September at Staithes

Safe window: 10:23am – 1:23pm

Recent heavy seas should have washed fresh material onto the beach. An early-autumn blow like this restocks beaches after the quiet summer. A big 0.4 m low tide falls at lunchtime.

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Dorset

Best this week: Sunday 13 September at Eype

Charmouth Fair leave by 2:39pm Lyme Regis — Monmouth Beach Fair leave by 2:39pm Lyme Regis — East Cliff / Black Ven cut-off risk Fair leave by 2:39pm Seatown Fair leave by 2:21pm Eype Fair leave by 2:21pm Burton Bradstock (Hive Beach) Fair leave by 2:21pm Ringstead Bay Fair leave by 5:02pm Kimmeridge Bay Fair leave by 2:23pm

South Wales

Best this week: Sunday 13 September at Llantwit Major (Col-huw)

Penarth Fair leave by 3:42pm Lavernock Point Fair leave by 3:42pm Llantwit Major (Col-huw) Fair leave by 2:27pm Southerndown / Dunraven Bay Fair leave by 2:59pm Ogmore-by-Sea Fair leave by 2:59pm

Somerset

Best this week: Saturday 12 September at Kilve

Kilve Fair leave by 3:26pm Watchet Fair leave by 3:10pm

Yorkshire

Best this week: Saturday 12 September at Staithes

Staithes Good day to hunt leave by 1:23pm Port Mulgrave cut-off risk Good day to hunt leave by 1:23pm Runswick Bay Good day to hunt leave by 12:40pm Sandsend Good day to hunt leave by 12:40pm Whitby / Saltwick Bay cut-off risk Fair leave by 12:40pm Robin Hood's Bay cut-off risk Fair leave by 12:40pm Ravenscar cut-off risk Fair leave by 2:18pm Speeton (Filey Bay) Fair leave by 1:03pm

Norfolk

Best this week: Saturday 12 September at Happisburgh

Hunstanton Fair leave by 3:32pm West Runton Fair leave by 3:55pm East Runton Fair leave by 3:55pm Cromer Fair leave by 3:55pm Happisburgh Good day to hunt leave by 7:39pm

Other key sites

Best this week: Saturday 12 September at Compton Bay, Isle of Wight

Compton Bay, Isle of Wight Fair leave by 6:07am Yaverland, Isle of Wight Fair leave by 7:21am Folkestone (Copt Point), Kent Fair leave by 7:53pm Herne Bay (Beltinge), Kent Fair leave by 7:53pm Warden Point (Sheppey), Kent Fair leave by 8:07am Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex Fair leave by 7:53pm

What makes this different

We look backwards as well as forwards. The best fossil hunting comes one to three days after a storm has washed fresh material out of the cliffs. Weather apps only look ahead — we check the last 72 hours for you.

Every beach has its own wind. A south-westerly gale restocks Charmouth and does nothing at Whitby. This forecast knows which winds work on which coast.

One answer, not three websites. Tides, daylight, storms and safety, already cross-referenced into "go Saturday — leave the beach by 2:40pm".

Built to bring you home. A leave-by time on every forecast and honest cut-off warnings on the beaches that trap people.