Consistent bay home to some quality breaks. Steep access hill means it's often less crowded than its neighbours. N/NE swell with S/SW offshore wind ideal, solid summer option. E/SE swells can work, particularly Bunkers and Flintons.
Too big? Try [South Bay)(spot:scarborough-south-bay] or Filey. S/SE wind? Try North.

• Pumphouse: popular left infront of victorian pumping station. Works most tides, best low to mid. Breaks onto sea wall during spring highs. Sand at low to mid, then reef/boulder adjacent to high.
• Bunkers: fast, hollow sandbar A frame infront of WW2 bunkers so south end of bay. Works mid-high to high tide, though will stop working during spring highs. Swell cut off by outer reef from low to mid. Shallow, tough paddle out when bigger. Rippy. Access cut off at high. Intermediate+.
• Flintons: A-frame north of Pumphouse that works in an easterly swell. Best low to mid, access tricky once the tide cuts off over the rocks.
• Cayton Point: a gnarly, world class, somewhat inconsistent, left reef point break off the northern headland with a take off zone over shallow stepped ledges. High. Experts only.
• The Reef: fickle, rarely surfed, offshore peak behind Bunkers. Big swells and experts only.

Savage semi permanent rip to north of middle access path, flash rips up and down bay, particularly when bigger. Access cut off at high tide. Quicksand and clay on beach, along with cliff landslides particularly after rain. Rocks and concrete, particularly north of Pumphouse. Good water quality vs neighbours, occasional dumping and agricultural run off.

[Paid parking](latlon:54.241787, -0.361090), surf shop & school toilets and showers in field at top of steep beach access path. [Free roadside parking](latlon:54.241079, -0.362945) further back, fills up fast in summer. [Free toilets and snack shack](latlon:54.244286, -0.364074) on longer, less steep, northerly access path.

Links

Scarborough Surf School - surf shop, hire and school, linked to Secret Spot.
LowBrow Surf - local shaper and ding repair.
Scarborough Boardriders - local surf club.