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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
16
14
Poor
2.4m
@20s
28km/h
Tue
17
19
Poor
2.5m
@10s
30km/h
Wed
18
50
Fair
2.3m
@16s
23km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
2.4m
WSW(256°)
Score: 18/25
Period
20s
Long period groundswell
Score: 8/25
Wind
28km/h
SW(234°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
10°C
0.0mm99%
Windswell Component
1.4mWSW@5s
Secondary Swell
0.7mW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

3:58 am
High tide - 1.50m
10:14 am
Low tide - -2.47m
4:22 pm
High tide - 1.78m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

14
Poor
Components
Swell Direction15/25
Swell Size18/25
Swell Period8/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score41/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-14
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score14/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score14
🤢 Morning Sickness

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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