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Today at Oddicombe Beach: Good for swimming — 77/100 for expert level. Wind 9 kn SE · Tide -1.1 to 0.4 m. Best window around 22:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Oddicombe Beach: 0.5m waves with moderate cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the afternoon, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 61°F.
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Oddicombe Beach faces E, tucked away from the prevailing westerly swell — the aspect that gives swimming the flat, sheltered water it needs more often than an exposed coast would.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 9 kn. At that strength expect a textured surface for swimming, and the shelter of the bay to matter more than the forecast number.
Over the published window Oddicombe Beach clears 60/100 for swimming at every ability from Beginner to Expert — an unusually broad spot, which normally means a range of conditions rather than one narrow sweet spot. Today, 5 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Oddicombe Beach ranks 5th 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 compact, sheltered shingle-and-sand beach beneath red sandstone cliffs, reached by a cliff railway or steep road. East-facing and sheltered from swell, it suits calm-water swimming, kayaking and light watersports rather than surfing. At low tide a sandy area and rock pools are exposed, with rock across much of the wider foreshore. There is no lifeguard service. The north end is closed permanently for rockfall risk. Dogs are banned 1 May-30 September.
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Wind at Oddicombe Beach today: 9 kn SE (gusting 27 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 Oddicombe 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 Oddicombe Beach today is around 22:00 UTC, when conditions score 72/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Oddicombe Beach scores 83/100 today for kite foiling — 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.
Oddicombe 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.
Oddicombe Beach is a coastal location near Torquay 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 Oddicombe 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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