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Level 7/10

Maycocks

North West Coast, Barbados
🪸Sharp reef🦔Urchins🌀Strong rips

Maycocks is Barbados's answer to J-Bay—a long, perfectly lined-up right that peels along a coral reef on the northwest coast. When clean N-NW swells arrive in winter, the wave offers multiple barrel sections connected by racing walls. The east trade winds blow offshore here, creating groomed conditions most mornings. One of the Caribbean's true world-class waves.

3-Day Forecast
Today
29
44
Poor
0.9m
@13s
18km/h
Thu
30
16
Poor
0.9m
@10s
15km/h
Fri
1
30
Poor
0.7m
@16s
17km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Groomed
Clean faces from offshore winds
Swell
0.9m
NE(47°)
Score: 3/25
Period
13s
Medium period swell
Score: 23/25
Wind
18km/h
E(91°)
Score: 25/25
Weather
28°C
0.5mm48%
Windswell Component
0.4mE@2s
Secondary Swell
0.5mNE
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
AM: 18 km/h ESE|PM: 17 km/h E
Lighter winds later (17 km/h)
Mid tide at 2pm (0.5m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

1:40 am
High tide - 0.51m
8:10 am
Low tide - -0.06m
2:30 pm
High tide - 0.46m
8:06 pm
Low tide - 0.08m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

44
Poor
Components
Swell Direction1/25
Swell Size3/25
Swell Period23/25
Wind25/25
Raw Score52/100
Adjustments
Wind History+6
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-10
🚫 Undersized Capmax 44
Adjusted Score45/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score44
✨ Groomed

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
N (350°)
Direction range
320° - 20°
Size range
1.2m - 3m
Ideal size
2.5m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
14s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
E (90°)
Offshore range
60° - 120°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
low to mid
Optimal range
0.3m - 1.2m

Water temp

27°C

Wetsuit

Boardshorts / Rashguard

Difficulty

7/10

Crowd level

4/10

Access: Northwest coast. Reef entry.

Best Season

Peak: Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr

Secondary: Sep, Oct

Winter N-NW swells. Hurricane swells in fall.

Getting There

Airport
BGI
Drive time
40 min
Data quality
verified

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