All beaches

Best day this week

Saturday 5 September at Ringstead Bay

Safe window: 5:56am – 6:18am

A recent south-westerly blow should have brought fresh cliff material onto the beach. An early-autumn blow like this restocks beaches after the quiet summer. A big 0.7 m low tide falls first thing. Daylight cuts the collecting window to under 45 minutes, so don't plan a long session.

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Dorset

Best this week: Saturday 5 September at Ringstead Bay

Charmouth Fair leave by 5:06pm Lyme Regis — Monmouth Beach Fair leave by 5:06pm Lyme Regis — East Cliff / Black Ven cut-off risk Fair leave by 5:06pm Seatown Fair leave by 4:48pm Eype Fair leave by 4:48pm Burton Bradstock (Hive Beach) Fair leave by 4:48pm Ringstead Bay Good day to hunt leave by 4:36pm Kimmeridge Bay Good day to hunt leave by 4:48pm

South Wales

Best this week: Wednesday 2 September at Southerndown / Dunraven Bay

Penarth Fair leave by 5:49pm Lavernock Point Fair leave by 5:49pm Llantwit Major (Col-huw) Fair leave by 4:58pm Southerndown / Dunraven Bay Good day to hunt leave by 5:14pm Ogmore-by-Sea Good day to hunt leave by 5:14pm

Somerset

Best this week: Saturday 5 September at Kilve

Kilve Quiet day leave by 5:31pm Watchet Fair leave by 5:31pm

Yorkshire

Best this week: Saturday 5 September at Staithes

Staithes Quiet day leave by 3:41pm Port Mulgrave cut-off risk Quiet day leave by 3:41pm Runswick Bay Quiet day leave by 3:01pm Sandsend Quiet day leave by 3:01pm Whitby / Saltwick Bay cut-off risk Quiet day leave by 3:01pm Robin Hood's Bay cut-off risk Quiet day leave by 3:01pm Ravenscar cut-off risk Quiet day leave by 4:35pm Speeton (Filey Bay) Quiet day leave by 3:31pm

Norfolk

Best this week: Saturday 5 September at Hunstanton

Hunstanton Quiet day leave by 5:51pm West Runton Fair leave by 6:04pm East Runton Fair leave by 6:04pm Cromer Fair leave by 6:04pm Happisburgh Fair leave by 8:19pm

Other key sites

Best this week: Saturday 5 September at Compton Bay, Isle of Wight

Compton Bay, Isle of Wight Fair leave by 8:58am Yaverland, Isle of Wight Quiet day leave by 9:54am Folkestone (Copt Point), Kent Quiet day leave by 8:16pm Herne Bay (Beltinge), Kent Quiet day leave by 11:02am Warden Point (Sheppey), Kent Quiet day leave by 10:19am Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex Fair leave by 8:17pm

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.