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Today at Bembridge Beach: Good for swimming — 77/100 for expert level. Wind 10 kn SE · Tide -1.1 to 0.4 m. Best window around 14:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Bembridge Beach: 0.5m waves with moderate offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the late morning, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 61°F.
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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.
Bembridge Beach faces NW, open to the prevailing swell and wind. For swimming that is the hard direction: expect the surface to be workable only when the forecast genuinely drops, not on an average day.
Today's wind is offshore at 10 kn. Blowing off the land keeps the surface flatter near the beach for swimming, but it also pushes you out — stay inside where you can comfortably get back.
Over the published window Bembridge Beach clears 60/100 for swimming at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 4 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Bembridge Beach ranks 18th for swimming. 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 sheltered, north-facing Solent shore of shingle and shells, with sand exposed only below the high-water mark at low tide, forming a large sandbank; rockpools and the Bembridge Ledge outcrop lie to the east. No surf break; calm, shallow water suits flatwater windsurfing, kitesurfing, dinghy sailing and paddleboarding. No beach lifeguard, though a 24/7 RNLI station sits alongside. Avoid the harbour entrance channel: strong currents and boat traffic.
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Wind at Bembridge Beach today: 10 kn SE (gusting 23 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects swimming 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 Bembridge Beach today: 0.5 m, 5 s period from SE, 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 swimming at Bembridge Beach today is around 14:00 UTC, when conditions score 73/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Bembridge Beach scores 80/100 today for kite surfing — Excellent. 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.
Bembridge Beach is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling, E-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.
Bembridge Beach is a coastal location near Bembridge 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 Bembridge Beach, 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.
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