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Level 5/10

Freshwater West

Pembrokeshire, UK (Wales)
🌀Strong rips🪨Rocks🚶Difficult access

Freshwater West is Pembrokeshire's most exposed beach--a long stretch of sand with reef sections that sits wide open to Atlantic SW swells.

3-Day Forecast
Today
15
0
Poor
1.0m
@9s
33km/h
Mon
16
27
Poor
2.2m
@18s
30km/h
Tue
17
13
Poor
2.6m
@10s
32km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
1.0m
WSW(245°)
Score: 3/25
Period
9s
Short period / windswell
Score: 6/25
Wind
33km/h
WSW(242°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
10°C
0.0mm70%
Windswell Component
1.7mWSW@5s
Secondary Swell
0.4mWSW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

3:11 am
High tide - 1.06m
9:31 am
Low tide - -1.79m
3:36 pm
High tide - 1.24m
9:50 pm
Low tide - -2.13m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

0
Poor
Components
Swell Direction22/25
Swell Size3/25
Swell Period6/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score31/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-11
🌊💨 Windswell-10
⚠️ Weak Component-15
📉 Undersized Swell-9
🚫 Undersized Capmax 44
Adjusted Score0/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score0
🤢 Morning Sickness🌊💨 Windswell

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
WSW (240°)
Direction range
200° - 290°
Size range
1.2m - 2.4m
Ideal size
2.1m
Height multiplier
1.00×
Ideal period
13s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
ENE (70°)
Offshore range
40° - 110°
Best window
morning

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
low to mid

Water temp

13°C

Wetsuit

4/3mm fullsuit

Difficulty

5/10

Crowd level

3/10

Best Season

Peak: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar

Secondary: Apr, May, Aug

Getting There

Airport
BRS
Drive time
150 min
Data quality
verified

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