Freshwater West
★★★★★FairBest of the week: Tuesday around 18:00, 2–3 ft and cross-off.
Seven days
best session each day · swipe| Sun 4 | Mon 5 | Tue 6 | Wed 7 | Thu 8 | Fri 9 | Sat 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Time | 18 | 06 | 09 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 06 | 09 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 06 | 09 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 06 | 09 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 06 | 09 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 06 | 09 | 12 | 15 | 18 |
| Surf ft | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 4–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 |
| Swell | 8s | 7s | 7s | 7s | 7s | 7s | 7s | 7s | 7s | 8s | 8s | 4s | 4s | 4s | 4s | 4s | 4s | 4s | 4s | 3s | 4s | 4s | 5s | 5s | 6s | 6s | 6s | 6s | 6s | 6s | 6s |
| Wind mph | 7 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 10 |
| Tide m | 3.0↓ | 3.4↓ | 2.9↑ | 4.6↑ | 5.5↓ | 3.9↓ | 4.3↓ | 2.5↓ | 3.5↑ | 5.8↑ | 5.0↓ | 5.4↓ | 2.7↓ | 2.3↑ | 5.5↑ | 6.1↓ | 6.4↓ | 3.3↓ | 1.5↑ | 4.7↑ | 6.9↓ | 6.9↑ | 4.3↓ | 1.1↓ | 3.6↑ | 7.1↑ | 6.9↑ | 5.3↓ | 1.3↓ | 2.6↑ | 6.9↑ |
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Freshwater West faces. Arrows show where the swell and wind are heading. Tide is the height at Milford Haven above chart datum, rising ↑ or falling ↓; the rating drops when the tide is outside the window this break works on. Amber marks the sessions worth setting an alarm for. From Wednesday the swell comes from Météo-France's 10-day model, which is coarser than the 5 km German model used close in. Hours no model reaches are left blank, not shown as flat.
Exposure
Freshwater West faces south-west. Swell inside the lit window reaches the beach; anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.
- SW
- 0.9 m at 9 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
- SW
- 0.2 m at 2 s (wind sea) · 100 % reaches the beach
How Freshwater West works
- Swell
- Best from the south west.
- Wind
- East is offshore.
- Tide
- all tides.
- Getting there
- Once in Pembroke,follow the road west for about 10 miles passing a power station for about 10 miles.Closer you get,it will become sign posted.
A series or reefs link the two bays together,with particularly good sandbars in the summer months at the extrems of the tides.The southernmost beach is M.O.D and firing times are indicated by the red flags. The best waves tend to break on the jagged rocks to the south end of the beach,giving good hollow rides of up to 100mtrs+ in length.
Tide times
- Sun 19:27Low2.7 m
- Mon 01:37High5.3 m
- Mon 08:11Low2.8 m
- Mon 14:24High5.5 m
- Mon 21:13Low2.4 m
- Tue 03:18High5.5 m
- Tue 09:42Low2.4 m
- Tue 15:52High6.0 m
Milford Haven station, 5 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.
Photos
In the gallery
Members' own photos of Freshwater West. Credits: Richard Livock.
Nearby
- Marloes SandsMilford Haven · faces SW
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Freshwater EastPembroke · faces SE - BroadhavenPembroke · faces SW
- ManorbierPemboke · faces W
- NewgaleMid Pembs · faces W
- TenbyTenby · faces SE