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West beach

Halmstads kommun, Halland County, Sweden

West beach 2 photos

  • Halmstad beach

    Halmstad beach. Baumis, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Västra stranden (West beach), Halmstad, Sweden

    Västra stranden (West beach), Halmstad, Sweden. Boberger, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 3 pm to sunset, sunset 5:46 pm
8 am
2.3
18 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
9 am
2.7
12 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
10 am
3.1
11 km/h7 mph wind, Poor
11 am
3.5
12 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
3.5
17 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
4.0
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.7
15 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
4.8
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
6.2
15 km/h9 mph wind, Good
5 pm
5.2
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
11°C51°F
Water
12°C54°F
Wind
2113 km/hmph SSW
Gusts
3019 km/hmph
Waves
0.4 m1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
88%
Sunset
5:46 pm
Today
2.3Poor8 am1811
2.7Poor9 am128
3.1Poor10 am117
3.5Poor11 am128
3.5Poor12 pm1711
4.0Fair1 pm1811
4.7Fair2 pm159
4.8Fair3 pm1811
6.2Good4 pm159
5.2Fair5 pm149
Sat
4.0Fair8 am2113
4.1Fair9 am2113
4.2Fair10 am2113
4.1Fair11 am2415
4.2Fair12 pm2616
3.6Poor1 pm2717
3.4Poor2 pm2918
3.1Poor3 pm3119
2.6Poor4 pm3321
2.4Poor5 pm3623
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. Low at 11 am, -0.1 m. High at 8 pm, <0.1 m. Low at 4 am, -0.3 mLow 11 am, -0.1 m<1 ftHigh 8 pm, <0.1 m<1 ftLow 4 am, -0.3 m<1 ftNow12 pm6 pm12 am6 am
  • Low 11 am, -0.1 m<1 ft
  • High 8 pm, <0.1 m<1 ft
  • Low 4 am, -0.3 m<1 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.

  • Sun1.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 49 km/h31 mph, rain 100%
  • Mon2.1 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 40 km/h25 mph, rain 81%
  • Tue2.6 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 81%
  • Wed1.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 39 km/h24 mph, rain 78%
  • Thu4.4 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 30 km/h19 mph, rain 19%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Restrooms140 m450 ft away
  • Parking6 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 270 m890 ft. Listed as free
  • Food and drink4 within 1 km0.6 mi
  • Picnic tables260 m860 ft away
  • Playground390 m0.2 mi away

Getting there

Nearest bus stop
510 m0.3 miAlevallen
Nearest town
1.5 km1 miHalmstad (city)
Nearest airport
3 km2 miHalmstads Flygplats (HAD)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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