Short answer: Two miles of level promenade means you can watch from well back along most of the seafront, and Orcombe Point gives you height. The estuary mouth is the hazard here and it does not improve in a storm.
Space. Two miles of beach with a level promenade behind it means you are not forced close to the water to get a view — you can stand well back and still see everything.
It also faces across the mouth of the Exe, so a storm here gives you the sea and the estuary working against each other.
Level for two miles, so pick a spot well back from the wall. The easiest storm watching on this coast for anyone with mobility difficulties.
The eastern end, with the zigzag climb up to the Geoneedle. Height, and a view across the whole bay and the estuary mouth.
Behind the seafront, on a former golf links so it drains well. Set back, with the sea still in view.
The specific hazard at Exmouth, and it does not care about the weather. The currents at the western end where the Exe meets the sea are genuinely dangerous year-round, and a storm surge makes them worse. Stay at the beach end.
The Grove on the Esplanade has window tables facing the prom, which is the dry way to do this. Bath House has the best position in town, and the Point at the marina opens early.
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