Swimming Conditions

Showing live updates for Guernsey’s beautiful beaches and sea swimming.

The tide is high at a height of 7.5m. It turned and began falling at 16:40. The current tide range is 5.1m which is fairly normal.

Wind is currently moderate WSW F 5 ( 23.9 mph).

Sea temp is 10.6°C and sea state is moderate to rather rough in the southeast, increasing rough to very rough, locally high in the northwest, decreasing moderate later. moderate to heavy swell throughout.

Conditions for Fri, Jan 26 at 05:03 PM

Friday 30 January
  • Please be safe when swimming and err on the side of caution. If in doubt, do not go in the water.
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  • Black arrow is wind direction. Tap an icon for more details on the bay.
  • Wind: assumes that anything less than F2 is OK, and anything greater than F5 is bad. Otherwise, it takes into account bay aspect to determine if it's sheltered. Also assumes there is a point where a bay will stop being sheltered.
  • Bay min / max tides are highly subjective, but the idea is that some bays can only really be swum at specific tides (for example rocky bays aren't nice at really low tide.)
  • Green generally means OK to swim; Red means avoid swimming (due to tide or wind) and orange/amber means good but the wind might be a factor.
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