Strike Mission
Beach
both
Level 4/10

Whitesands Bay

Pembrokeshire, UK (Wales)
🌀Strong rips🪨Rocks

Whitesands Bay sits near St Davids and is Pembrokeshire's most popular beach break.

3-Day Forecast
Today
15
0
Poor
0.8m
@9s
31km/h
Mon
16
24
Poor
1.5m
@18s
29km/h
Tue
17
28
Poor
1.9m
@10s
33km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
0.8m
WSW(243°)
Score: 5/25
Period
9s
Short period / windswell
Score: 9/25
Wind
31km/h
WSW(244°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
9°C
0.0mm75%
Windswell Component
1.4mWSW@5s
Secondary Swell
0.3mWSW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

3:39 am
High tide - 0.76m
9:49 am
Low tide - -1.48m
3:58 pm
High tide - 0.85m
10:09 pm
Low tide - -1.80m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

0
Poor
Components
Swell Direction17/25
Swell Size5/25
Swell Period9/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score31/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-11
🌊💨 Windswell-10
⚠️ Weak Component-10
📉 Undersized Swell-7
🚫 Undersized Capmax 64
Adjusted Score0/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score0
🤢 Morning Sickness🌊💨 Windswell

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
WSW (255°)
Direction range
210° - 300°
Size range
0.9m - 2.5m
Ideal size
2.0m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
12s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
E (90°)
Offshore range
45° - 135°
Best window
morning

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
low to mid

Water temp

12°C

Wetsuit

5/4mm + boots

Difficulty

4/10

Crowd level

5/10

Best Season

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

Secondary: Apr, May, Sep

Getting There

Airport
CWL
Drive time
130 min
Data quality
verified

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