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 The bore runs about 1.5 to 2 hours before high tide
depending on the height of the tide (the bigger the tide the
earlier the bore arrives).
The standing wave usually happens with large
tides 9metres + by Liverpool tide tables and these are the the
lunchtime tides.
ARNSIDE GR
455 787
Arnside is not a surf beach but on spring tides a bore sometimes
forms on the incoming tide while waves, holes and whirlpools
give potential for playing as the flood rushes through the arches
or the railway viaduct. Both these features are usually accessed
from the promenade on the seafront of the village. It is best
to avoid the car park which can often flood in the high tides
which are necessary. Tides of over 9.7m at Cavendish Dock in
Barrow are needed before it is worth a visit and even then the
features are not consistent and sometimes do not appear at all.
They seem to be affected by the wind strength and direction,
moving sand bars and the volume of water comining down the river
Kent. The best chances of catching a bore are to set off from
Arnside at least 2 and half hours before high tide and paddle
south west towards Blackstone Point where the wave may be found
and caught for a surf of about 1.5 km back to the village. The
viaduct is just north of the village and contains some fifty
small arches giving constantly changing waves, boils and whirlpools.
Nothing can be relied on here except the power of the water rushing
through the viaduct. This is not a place for beginners
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