Winifred Beach
Portland, Surrey County, Jamaica
Today at a glance
Calmest: 7 am to 10 am, sunset 5:37 pm6.0
9 km/h6 mph wind, Good
5.6
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
4.7
12 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
4.9
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
4.1
17 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
4.4
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
4.4
9 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
3.0
14 km/h9 mph wind, Poor
3.4
9 km/h6 mph wind, Poor
4.1
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
4.1
4 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Where to stay near the beach
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 26°C78°F
- Water
- 30°C86°F
- Wind
- 138 km/hmph SE
- Gusts
- 2515 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.7 m2 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 9%
- Sunset
- 5:37 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 6 am, 0.6 m2 ft
- Low 12 pm, 0.4 m1 ft
- High 6 pm, 0.6 m2 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sun5.4 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 92%
- Mon9.2 ExcellentBest 9 am to 11 amWind up to 4 km/h2 mph, rain 61%
- Tue8.8 ExcellentBest 7 am to 11 amWind up to 5 km/h3 mph, rain 57%
- Wed8.6 ExcellentBest 9 am to 12 pmWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 37%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
About Winifred Beach
Winifred Beach is a beach in Portland, Jamaica, covering an area of 9,253 square meters. It is 232 meters long and located 671 meters from the village of Fairy Hill. There is one food establishment within 1 kilometer of the beach.
Winnifred Beach is a locally popular public beach in Portland, Jamaica.
A campaign is in progress to keep the beach public in the face of corporate efforts to privatize, develop, and enclose the surrounding area to all but paid access. Anthony Bourdain in his series Parts Unknown, visited and spoke to locals about beach access rights. It was said that unlike most parts of Jamaica, in this area it's permitted to privately own beach land, where other areas typically are public or have public access rights. Winifred beach being one of if not the only remaining publicly accessible beach in the area.
Source: Winnifred Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Food and drink1 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 70 m230 ft
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 670 m0.4 miFairy Hill (village)
- Nearest airport
- 17 km11 miKen Jones Aerodrome (POT)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- San San Beach2.1 km1.3 mi west away5.8 Good later
- Boston Beach2.5 km1.5 mi south-east away5.8 Good later
- Frenchman's Cove Beach2.7 km1.7 mi west away5.8 Good later
- Bikini Beach8.4 km5.2 mi west away5.8 Good later
- Bryan's Bay Fishing Beach9.1 km5.7 mi west away5.8 Good later