PLAYHOUSE and Crescent Club
Sunny intervals this morning, shower risk from mid-afternoon. The Glam Rock Show is at PLAYHOUSE tonight. Steel Blue Band is at Crescent Club, 8:30pm. No Jam Jar Friday times listed.
Beach · Friday 16 Oct
Sunny intervals, 13°C.
Sea 13.0°C. Mostly dry this morning; shower risk from mid-afternoon. Gusts up to 23mph.
No storm overflow is running this morning. Beach Aware reads Normal. Cullercoats is Poor (2025) — the yearly class, not a spill. Whitley Bay, Longsands and King Edward’s are Excellent. Check Beach Aware before you swim.
Tides at North Shields: Low 01:07 · High 07:16 · Low 13:22 · High 19:28. Sunset 18:04. Weekend sunny intervals, about 12°C. A bit breezier Saturday morning.
No Metro closures in our area today. North and South piers stay shut.
Last updated 16 October 2026
Overflow
None at the beachesNone running at the beaches or into the Tyne this morning.
Cullercoats
PoorYearly class (2025), not a spill.
Whitley Bay
ExcellentBathing water.
Longsands
13.0°CWetsuit water.
North Pier
ShutChronicle, 25 Aug.
Cullercoats water Whitley Bay water Cullercoats vs Whitley Metro to the sand Travel
Friday 16 October: sunny intervals, max 13°C. Mostly dry this morning; shower risk from mid-afternoon. Gusts up to 23mph. Source: Met Office Whitley Bay, updated 6:07am Friday 16.
No storm overflow is running this morning. Beach Aware reads Normal at Whitley Bay, Cullercoats, Longsands North, Longsands South and King Edward’s Bay. Cullercoats Poor is the 2025 yearly class, not a live spill. Whitley Bay, Longsands North and South and King Edward’s are Excellent. Check Northumbrian Water's map before you swim. Sources: Beach Aware and EA Cullercoats.
Friday tides at North Shields: Low 01:07 · High 07:16 · Low 13:22 · High 19:28. Sunset 18:04. Crossing times: North Tyneside Council. Sea 13.0°C at Longsands.
This weekend on the shore
Station Market
Under the Tynemouth Metro roof at weekends. Standing hours 09:00–15:30. Not on today.
Discharge, Glam Rock, Jake Vaadeland
Discharge at The Cluny, doors 7pm; The Glam Rock Show at PLAYHOUSE, 19:30; Jake Vaadeland & The Sturgeon River Boys at Cluny 2, doors 7.30pm.
North Pier still shut
Port of Tyne. Public access remains closed. Do not plan a pier walk.
Beaches
Cullercoats Bay
Still classed Poor (2025) — the yearly class, not a spill. Check Beach Aware before you swim.
Tynemouth Longsands
13.0°C as of Friday 16 October. Wetsuit water. Friday tides: Low 01:07 · High 07:16 · Low 13:22 · High 19:28. Sunset 18:04.
Yellow line to the sand
Whitley Bay, Cullercoats, Tynemouth, North Shields. No Metro closures in our area today. Ahead: no Metro between St James and Monkseaton 24 October–1 November, replacement bus 900.