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Level 5/10

Freights

South Coast, Barbados
🪸Sharp reef🦔Urchins

Freights is Barbados' most accessible quality reef break—a fun, playful right on the island's mellower south coast that offers a welcome contrast to the east coast's intensity. Named after the old sugar freight trains that once chugged past, this wave peels with reliable form over shallow reef, providing barrel opportunities without the punishing consequences of spots like Wilderness. The break sits near the island's surf hub, making it easy to combine sessions with the Bajan beach bar culture. When north swells wrap around and the trades back off, Freights becomes a Caribbean reef break playground.

3-Day Forecast
Today
30
0
Poor
1.1m
@8s
18km/h
Tue
31
0
Poor
1.0m
@9s
19km/h
Wed
1
11
Poor
1.3m
@9s
20km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
1.1m
E(96°)
Score: 13/25
Period
8s
Short period / windswell
Score: 6/25
Wind
18km/h
ENE(64°)
Score: 1/25
Weather
26°C
0.0mm88%
Windswell Component
0.4mE@3s
Secondary Swell
0.3mN
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
AM: 20 km/h ENE|PM: 18 km/h ENE
Lighter winds later (18 km/h)
Tide at 1pm (0.5m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

1:50 am
High tide - 0.38m
7:40 am
Low tide - -0.06m
1:52 pm
High tide - 0.49m
8:12 pm
Low tide - -0.12m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

0
Poor
Components
Swell Direction0/25
Swell Size13/25
Swell Period6/25
Wind1/25
Raw Score20/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-11
⚠️ Weak Component-15
Adjusted Score0/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score0
🤢 Morning Sickness

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
SSE (160°)
Direction range
130° - 190°
Size range
0.6m - 2m
Ideal size
1.6m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
12s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
NNW (340°)
Offshore range
300° - 20°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
mid
Optimal range
0.3m - 1.2m

Water temp

27°C

Wetsuit

Boardshorts / Rashguard

Difficulty

5/10

Crowd level

4/10

Access: Beach access.

Best Season

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

Secondary: May, Jun

Winter swell season. South coast more sheltered.

Getting There

Airport
BGI
Drive time
25 min
Data quality
community

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