Croyde Bay, Devon Weather
About Croyde Bay, Devon
Croyde Bay catches the Atlantic light in a way that turns the ocean into a vast, shifting plate of hammered silver. It lies 6.6 miles north of Northam (from Northam: bearing 349°T, OS grid SS 432 396), and is situated west-north-west of Croyde village. Salt-thickened winds scour the headland, brushing against the rugged spine of Middleborough Hill as they push inland from the churn of the Bristol Channel. Below, the expanse of Croyde Sand offers a shoreline where the tide retreats with a rhythmic, heavy sigh, leaving behind a mirror-finish on the wet, compacted sand. To the south, the protected expanse of the Saunton to Baggy Point Coast SSSI guards a wilder, untamed geometry of cliffs and gorse. Croyde Bay remains defined by this elemental friction between the stubborn earth and the persistent, encroaching sea. The landscape here does not merely exist; it asserts itself through the stark, vertical drop of the cliffs and the hollow roar of the surf. Such a place demands a quiet reverence, for the horizon dominates every view, pulling the eye toward the infinite grey-blue distance.
Flight conditions near Croyde Bay. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Croyde Bay and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Croyde Bay, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Croyde Bay, Devon, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Croyde Bay includes coordinates 51.134914, -4.242426, in the county of Devon, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Croyde Bay is available on the Croyde Bay map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Devon weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.