Live wave height, wind and water temp — plus an 8-day forecast scored 0–100 for every sport.
Photo: Robert Eva / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Today at Westgate Bay: Okay for surfing — 50/100 for intermediate level. Wind 10 kn SE · Waves 1.3 m, 5 s · Tide -1.8 to 0.6 m. Best window around 05:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Westgate Bay: 1.3m waves with moderate offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the morning, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 15°C / 59°F.
Forecast updated · ShorSense™
Today plus the next two days are free for everyone — scored in 3-hour windows, just like the app. The full 8-day forecast lives in the 4Shor app.
Westgate Bay faces NW, straight into the prevailing Atlantic swell window — the reason it has waves at all, and the reason it is rarely flat.
Today's wind is offshore at 10 kn. That is the direction you want for surfing — it holds the face up and clean instead of crumbling it.
Across the published window Westgate Bay does not clear 60/100 for surfing at any ability — it peaks at 50/100, so this is a spot to watch rather than commit to right now. Today, 0 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Westgate Bay ranks 13th for surfing. The order changes by discipline: the same conditions that put a spot top for one sport can drop it down the list for another.
Satellite-derived bathymetry with 10 m pixels and 10 cm vertical resolution out to ~40 m depth. The shape of the seabed is what determines where and how waves break.
Most apps run a single global model at 9–25 km. We blend regional NWP from national meteorological offices at 1.3–2 km — UK Met Office UKV, Météo-France AROME HD, ItaliaMeteo ICON-2I — with ECMWF IFS for the 8-day horizon. Finer resolution means the sea breeze, cliff funnelling and bay shadowing that changes everything for a session.
A nearshore wave model propagates the spectrum across the bathymetric mesh — modelling refraction, shoaling, dissipation, focusing and breaking as it goes. Most apps stop at swell + wind. We go further.
10 sport models × 4 ability levels weight wave height, period, wind, tide and breaking conditions differently — calibrated against ridden sessions so the scores mean what they say.
A tidal sandy bay on Kent's north coast, flanked by chalk cliffs and a Victorian promenade. Sand and rock pools are exposed at low tide, but the beach vanishes at high water when the sea reaches the seawall. Facing NNW into the North Sea, it offers small beach-break conditions for swimming, kayaking, paddleboarding, windsurfing and sailing; powered watercraft cannot launch here. RNLI lifeguards patrol 18 July-6 September.
Put live Westgate Bay conditions on your own website — a free embeddable widget, updated hourly, in three sizes. No account needed.
Get the free Westgate Bay widgetToday's conditions for Westgate Bay are free. Unlock the full 8-day forecast and per-sport alerts that ping you when this location is about to fire. more than 2,500 European locations, scored from the seabed up.
Wind at Westgate Bay today: 10 kn SE (gusting 21 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects surfing conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
Waves at Westgate Bay today: 1.3 m, 5 s period from S, mushy character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
The best window for surfing at Westgate Bay today is around 05:00 UTC, when conditions score 50/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Westgate Bay scores 54/100 today for kite surfing — Okay. A score of 65–79 is Good for a beginner; 80+ is Excellent (90+ is Epic!); below 45 the session is usually not worth it. 4Shor scores every location across Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert levels.
Westgate Bay is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling, Paddleboarding, Swimming, Kayaking, Canoeing in the 4Shor forecast system. Conditions are rated Beginner through Expert for each sport, updated every hour, so you always know whether the session is worth the drive.
Westgate Bay is a coastal location near Westgate-on-Sea in United Kingdom. It is one of more than 2,500 European water-sport locations scored daily by 4Shor.
4Shor's ShorSense™ system combines satellite-derived seafloor mapping, nearshore wave models, wind and tide data to generate a hyper-local forecast. At Westgate Bay, conditions are scored hourly on a 0–100 scale for each sport and ability level. A score of 80+ means Excellent (90+ Epic!); 65–79 is Good; below 45 the session is usually not worth the drive.
Questions about 4Shor itself — accuracy, pricing, the free trial — are answered on the FAQ page.
