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Today at Speeton (Filey Bay)
Quiet dayWhy: Low tide falls mid-afternoon, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
Safe window: 12:31pm – 3:31pm
Leave the beach by 3:31pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls mid-afternoon, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
19° · overcast · 2mm rain · Low tide: 2:31pm (1.1 m) · Wind up to 23 km/h · Waves 0.5 m
Safe window: 1:15pm – 4:15pm
Leave the beach by 4:15pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls mid-afternoon, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
20° · overcast · Low tide: 2:43am (1.4 m), 3:15pm (1.5 m) · Wind up to 32 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 2:13pm – 5:13pm
Leave the beach by 5:13pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls mid-afternoon, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
19° · clear · 6mm rain · Low tide: 3:34am (1.6 m), 4:13pm (1.8 m) · Wind up to 36 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 5:40am – 5:44am
Leave the beach by 5:44am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls first thing, though it is not an especially big one. Daylight cuts the collecting window to under 45 minutes, so don't plan a long session.
19° · mostly clear · Low tide: 4:44am (1.9 m), 5:32pm (2.1 m) · Wind up to 24 km/h · Waves 0.5 m
Safe window: 5:42am – 7:17am
Leave the beach by 7:17am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls first thing, though it is not an especially big one.
22° · clear · Low tide: 6:17am (2.0 m), 7:05pm (2.2 m) · Wind up to 27 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 5:48am – 8:48am
Leave the beach by 8:48am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls first thing, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
20° · overcast · Low tide: 7:48am (1.8 m), 8:24pm (2.0 m) · Wind up to 28 km/h · Waves 0.7 m
Safe window: 6:59am – 9:59am
Leave the beach by 9:59am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls first thing, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
16° · overcast · 11mm rain · Low tide: 8:59am (1.4 m), 9:26pm (1.7 m) · Wind up to 33 km/h · Waves 0.9 m
Work the clay-streaked beach at the south end of Filey Bay after scouring tides — small ammonites, belemnites and crushed shell patches weather straight out of the Speeton Clay onto the sand. Keep to the firm beach and off the wet clay flows.
Ammonites and belemnites weather out of the soft clays; crushed white shell patches often mark productive spots. Jet is matt black and feather-light. Free identification: the Rotunda Museum in Scarborough — the birthplace of English geology — welcomes enquiries.
This coast is a protected site (SSSI). What does that mean?
Allowed: Collecting loose fossils from the beach is long-established and accepted here.
Never allowed: No digging into the cliffs or hammering in-place rock on this SSSI coast.
Important finds: Report significant finds to the Rotunda Museum, Scarborough.
Rules can change — check locally before you collect.
Detailed location guide at UK Fossils →
Limited parking in Speeton village near the church.
None — nearest facilities in Filey.
Long path down through the fields and cliff to the south end of Filey Bay.
The Speeton Clay forms deep, boot-swallowing mud flows after rain — keep to the firm beach. Remote corner of the bay; watch the tide against the cliffs.
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