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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.

10-Day Forecast
Today
21
9
Poor
0.7m
@7s
8km/h
Mon
22
0
Poor
0.4m
@6s
21km/h
Tue
23
15
Poor
0.3m
@11s
11km/h
Wed
24
15
Poor
0.5m
@3s
7km/h
Thu
25
0
Poor
0.5m
@8s
25km/h
Fri
26
9
Poor
0.6m
@11s
24km/h
Sat
27
17
Poor
1.3m
@12s
19km/h
Sun
28
0
Poor
0.9m
@7s
15km/h
Mon
29
33
Poor
2.2m
@11s
25km/h
Tue
30
12
Poor
1.6m
@10s
25km/h
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Today's Conditions

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Swell
0.7m
WSW(238°)
Score: 2/25
Period
7s
Short period / windswell
Score: 2/25
Wind
8km/h
WNW(288°)
Score: 13/25
Weather
17°C
0.0mm71%
0
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
AM: 9 km/h NE|PM: 8 km/h WSW
Lighter winds later (8 km/h)
Low tide at 5pm (-2.5m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

5:23 am
Low tide - -2.77m
11:20 am
High tide - 1.55m
5:38 pm
Low tide - -2.48m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

9
Poor
Components
Swell Direction24/25
Swell Size2/25
Swell Period2/25
Wind13/25
Raw Score41/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-11
⚠️ Weak Component-10
📉 Undersized Swell-11
🚫 Undersized Capmax 30
Adjusted Score9/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score9
🤢 Morning Sickness
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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°

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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