All beaches

Best day this week

Wednesday 15 July at Herne Bay (Beltinge), Kent

Safe window: 6:05pm – 9:05pm

A recent north-easterly blow should have brought fresh cliff material onto the beach. A big 0.3 m low tide falls towards evening.

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Dorset

Best this week: Saturday 18 July at Ringstead Bay

Charmouth Quiet day leave by 2:25pm Lyme Regis — Monmouth Beach Quiet day leave by 2:25pm Lyme Regis — East Cliff / Black Ven cut-off risk Quiet day leave by 2:25pm Seatown Quiet day leave by 2:16pm Eype Quiet day leave by 2:16pm Burton Bradstock (Hive Beach) Quiet day leave by 2:16pm Ringstead Bay Fair leave by 5:00pm Kimmeridge Bay Fair leave by 2:09pm

South Wales

Best this week: Saturday 18 July at Penarth

Penarth Fair leave by 3:35pm Lavernock Point Fair leave by 3:30pm Llantwit Major (Col-huw) Fair leave by 3:08pm Southerndown / Dunraven Bay Fair leave by 2:51pm Ogmore-by-Sea Fair leave by 2:51pm

Somerset

Best this week: Saturday 18 July at Kilve

Kilve Fair leave by 3:28pm Watchet Fair leave by 3:04pm

Yorkshire

Best this week: Sunday 19 July at Staithes

Staithes Fair leave by 12:24pm Port Mulgrave cut-off risk Fair leave by 12:24pm Runswick Bay Fair leave by 12:34pm Sandsend Fair leave by 12:34pm Whitby / Saltwick Bay cut-off risk Fair leave by 12:34pm Robin Hood's Bay cut-off risk Fair leave by 12:34pm Ravenscar cut-off risk Fair leave by 12:38pm Speeton (Filey Bay) Fair leave by 1:01pm

Norfolk

Best this week: Saturday 18 July at Hunstanton

Hunstanton Fair leave by 3:32pm West Runton Fair leave by 3:50pm East Runton Fair leave by 3:50pm Cromer Fair leave by 3:50pm Happisburgh Fair leave by 4:31pm

Other key sites

Best this week: Wednesday 15 July at Herne Bay (Beltinge), Kent

Compton Bay, Isle of Wight Fair leave by 6:25pm Yaverland, Isle of Wight Quiet day leave by 7:30pm Folkestone (Copt Point), Kent Fair leave by 9:01pm Herne Bay (Beltinge), Kent Good day to hunt leave by 9:05pm Warden Point (Sheppey), Kent Good day to hunt leave by 9:20pm Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex Good day to hunt leave by 8:15pm

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.