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Level 6/10

Salt House Reef

Widemouth Bay, Cornwall, UK (England)
🪨Rocks🪸Sharp reef🌀Strong rips

Salt House Reef sits at the southern end of Widemouth Bay near Bude, where submerged rock formations create defined peaks with more power than the adjacent beach break.

3-Day Forecast
Today
30
24
Poor
2.4m
@18s
25km/h
Tue
31
37
Poor
1.8m
@16s
10km/h
Wed
1
24
Poor
1.5m
@12s
18km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
2.4m
W(272°)
Score: 22/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 20/25
Wind
25km/h
NW(311°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
10°C
0.0mm45%
Windswell Component
1.0mNW@4s
Secondary Swell
0.3mNNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 22 km/h NW|PM: 22 km/h NW
Similar wind — morning has better tide for this spot
Low tide at 10am (-3.4m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

4:08 am
High tide - 1.95m
10:36 am
Low tide - -3.39m
4:32 pm
High tide - 2.21m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

24
Poor
Components
Swell Direction12/25
Swell Size22/25
Swell Period20/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score54/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-17
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score24/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score24
🤢 Morning Sickness

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
WNW (295°)
Direction range
260° - 330°
Size range
1.2m - 3m
Ideal size
2.5m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
13s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
E (100°)
Offshore range
70° - 130°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
low to mid

Water temp

12°C

Wetsuit

5/4mm + boots

Difficulty

6/10

Crowd level

5/10

Best Season

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

Secondary: Mar-May

Getting There

Airport
NQY
Drive time
60 min
Data quality
verified

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