Reef
both
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's Conditions
Swell
1.8m
WSW(251°)
Score: 17/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 20/25
Wind
27km/h
NW(304°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
10°C
0.0mm48%
Windswell Component
0.8mWNW@3s
Secondary Swell
0.2mNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 26 km/h WNW|PM: 23 km/h NW
Similar wind — morning has better tide for this spot
Low tide at 11am (-3.1m)
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
4:51 am
High tide - 1.68m
11:15 am
Low tide - -3.15m
5:16 pm
High tide - 1.92m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
21
PoorComponents
Swell Direction18/25
Swell Size17/25
Swell Period20/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score55/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-21
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score21/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score21
🤢 Morning Sickness
Location & Conditions
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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
BRSDrive time
150 minData quality
verified
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