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Kimmeridge Bay

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Reef break Faces SW mid to high tide Offshore north-east Best swell south-west
Surf now14–18ft0.1 m at 9 s from the S, wind sea 5.1 m from the SW
Wind31mphSW · onshore · gusts 58
Tide 1.9mFalling · low 23:26 (0.4 m). Works mid to high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
14–18 ft Swell SW 8s Wind 31 mph ★★★★★
Sun
6–8 ft Swell W 6s Wind 16 mph ★★★★★
Mon
6–8 ft Swell S 6s Wind 25 mph ★★★★★
Tue
6–8 ft Swell W 5s Wind 13 mph ★★★★★
Wed
3–5 ft Swell SW 4s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Thu
2–3 ft Swell SW 7s Wind 2 mph ★★★★★
Fri
1–2 ft Swell SE 3s Wind 8 mph ★★★★★
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30
Time 19 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 14–18 8–11 7–10 7–10 6–8 6–8 4–6 6–8 8–11 9–12 8–11 10–14 9–12 8–11 9–12 8–11 4–6 4–6 4–5 4–5 3–5 2–3 2–3 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2
Swell 8s 7s 6s 6s 6s 9s 5s 6s 7s 7s 7s 8s 7s 7s 10s 10s 5s 5s 4s 4s 4s 7s 7s 7s 7s 7s 3s 3s 3s 3s 3s
Wind mph 31 20 21 24 16 15 19 25 26 26 22 23 17 18 16 13 15 16 15 14 9 2 3 12 10 7 8 9 10 9 8
Tide m 2.1↓ 2.2↑ 1.1↓ 0.7↑ 1.6↑ 2.2↑ 2.2↑ 1.4↓ 0.5↑ 1.3↑ 2.2↑ 2.2↑ 1.8↓ 0.4↑ 1.1↑ 2.1↑ 2.1↑ 2.1↓ 0.5↓ 0.8↑ 1.9↑ 1.9↑ 2.2↓ 0.7↓ 0.7↑ 1.6↑ 1.6↑ 2.2↓ 1.1↓ 0.7↑ 1.3↑
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Kimmeridge Bay faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Mupe Bay 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

Kimmeridge Bay faces south-west. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from SE round to W; the brighter a wedge, the deeper the water in that direction and the more of the swell gets in. Anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces SWSSW
S
0.1 m at 9 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
SW
5.1 m at 8 s (wind sea) · 100 % reaches the beach

How Kimmeridge Bay works

Swell
Best from the south-west.
Wind
Offshore is from the north-east; anything with south-west in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
mid to high tide.

Dorset's reef, long ledgy lefts and rights on a SW groundswell. Needs size.

Tide times

  • Sat 18:41High2.1 m
  • Sat 23:26Low0.4 m
  • Sun 06:10High2.2 m
  • Sun 10:37Low0.6 m
  • Sun 18:28High2.2 m
  • Sun 23:02Low0.4 m
  • Mon 06:51High2.3 m
  • Mon 11:18Low0.5 m

Mupe Bay station, 7 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
South West Coast Path at Kimmeridge Bay - geograph.org.uk - 5406928 Coast path near Kimmeridge Bay - geograph.org.uk - 2895618

John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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