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Great Westen

★★★★★Small
Beach break Faces SW low to mid tide Offshore South Best swell West
Surf now1–2ft1.0 m at 9 s from the W
Wind5mphNW · cross-on · gusts 10
Tide 2.9mFalling · low 18:35 (2.7 m). Works low to mid tide.

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Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sun
1–2 ft Swell W 9s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Mon
1–2 ft Swell W 9s Wind 4 mph ★★★★★
Tue
1–2 ft Swell W 8s Wind 4 mph ★★★★★
Wed
0–1 ft Swell N 5s Wind 18 mph ★★★★★
Thu
1–2 ft Swell N 5s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Fri
4–6 ft Swell W 5s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Sat
2–4 ft Swell W 7s Wind 13 mph ★★★★★
Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10
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 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0 0 0 0 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 2–3 3–4 3–5 4–6 2–4 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3
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Wind mph 5 4 3 3 6 4 4 2 4 8 7 18 19 20 21 18 12 12 12 11 8 17 18 20 22 15 13 14 15 14 11
Tide m 2.7↓ 3.0↓ 3.3↑ 5.0↑ 5.0↓ 3.2↓ 3.5↓ 2.4↑ 4.3↑ 5.8↓ 4.0↓ 4.4↓ 1.9↓ 3.1↑ 6.2↑ 5.1↓ 5.5↓ 2.0↓ 1.9↑ 5.9↑ 6.1↓ 6.4↓ 2.6↓ 1.1↑ 5.2↑ 6.9↓ 6.9↓ 3.4↓ 0.7↑ 4.1↑ 7.2↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Great Westen faces. Arrows show where the swell and wind are heading. Tide is the height at Newquay 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 Thursday 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

Great Westen 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.

NESWfaces SWW
W
1.0 m at 9 s (swell) · 56 % reaches the beach

How Great Westen works

Swell
Best from the west.
Wind
South is offshore.
Tide
low to mid tide.
Getting there
head into Newquay park up somewhere near the train station walk up to the Barracuda walk round the back down to the beach

I mint fun wave perfect for beginners and Longboarders, clear blue water or if its to big walk up the beach to towan

Tide times

  • Sun 18:35Low2.7 m
  • Mon 00:36High5.1 m
  • Mon 07:20Low2.8 m
  • Mon 13:23High5.3 m
  • Mon 20:19Low2.4 m
  • Tue 02:15High5.3 m
  • Tue 08:47Low2.4 m
  • Tue 14:48High5.8 m

Newquay station, under 1 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Comments

20 Jul 2005 · Tom i luv this spot also lusty mint for Longboarders crowded with beginners but we get along..........

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