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Filey Bay
active 6 years, 1 month agoBeach Admins
Filey is a small but popular tourist spot within the borough of Scarborough.
Filey Bay features a curved, shallow, sandy beach with tall cliffs at its northern end, which curve eastward to a narrow, rocky peninsula called The Brigg. Moving south, the beach is backed by a sea wall, then opens out again to slowly collapsing, cliffs. Continue South and you’ll pass Primrose Valley, Hunmany Gap, Reighton Sands, and eventually reach Bempton, where the beach gives way to tall cliffs.
The bay is well protected from swell by the Brigg. On a good day you’ll find really small, clean waves with flat spots between them, perfect for freestyle riding, and boosting air.
Filey will work on anything from N to S. You would expect the cliffs at the north end to totally kill a northerly wind, but surprisingly it usually still works. The best directions are from NE to SE.
