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Mermaid Beach

Kent · United Kingdom

IntermediateBeach break51.077, 1.183

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Mermaid Beach is a SE-facing pebble beach on the United Kingdom shoreline, opening onto the Irish Sea — it catches E–SW swell, and offshore NW–N winds tidy the banks through april–october.

10-day forecast

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Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~17.6°C (63.7°F) on average

Jan

9°C

48.2°F · 6.4–11.9°C

Feb

7.9°C

46.2°F · 5.2–9.7°C

Mar

7.9°C

46.2°F · 5.8–9.4°C

Apr

9.1°C

48.4°F · 7.1–11°C

May

11.5°C

52.7°F · 9.8–13.8°C

Jun

13.9°C

57°F · 12.2–16.5°C

Jul

16.3°C

61.3°F · 15–19.2°C

Aug

17.7°C

63.9°F · 16.4–19.7°C

Sep

17.6°C

63.7°F · 16–19.8°C

Oct

16°C

60.8°F · 14.8–17.9°C

Nov

13.5°C

56.3°F · 11.3–16.1°C

Dec

10.9°C

51.6°F · 8.8–13.4°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

E–SW

Best wind

NW–N

Break type

Beach break

Best season

April–October

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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