Water Safety — Nevern Estuary
Go / No-Go calculator · Tides · Trip planner
⚙ Set up your boat
Verdict
Perfect
Sea: Perfect
Wind: Perfect
Newport Boat Club — live wind + forecast
Local anemometer at the Parrog + 7-day Windguru forecast
Webcam — see the estuary live
Newport Boat Club camera at the Parrog
Sea conditions
Swell height (m)
0.2m
Flat0.4m0.8m1.5m
Swell period (seconds)
6s
2s chop6s10s14s ground18s
Total wave height (m) swell + wind waves combined
0.3m
Flat0.5m1.0m1.5m2.0m
Swell direction
Wind
Wind speed (mph)
8 mph
7 kts
7 kts
Calm8 / 7kts15 / 13kts20 / 17kts30 / 26kts
Wind gusts (mph)
12 mph
10 kts
10 kts
None15 / 13kts25 / 22kts35 / 30kts50 / 43kts
Wind direction
Tide + visibility
Calculating tide state...
Visibility
7-day boating forecast
Shows the best windows to go out — conditions + tide combined
Trip planner — range + return time
See how far you can go and when you must leave to get back safely
Outward cruise speed (knots)
17 kts
6 slow101517 cruise25
Safe estuary window (hours from HW)
HW ±2hr
±1hr tight±1.5±2hr normal±2.5±3hr springs
Circles show straight-line range (sea routes follow the coast and may be longer) · Destination times use actual sea distances
Calculate return deadline for a specific destination:
Select a destination for return deadline
Trip timer — return to mooring
Pre-departure checklist
Tide chart — Fishguard
Accurate 14-day predictions from harmonic data. Powered by WorldTides.
WorldTides API key
You can update this key anytime. Credits remaining shown after each fetch.
Or enter today's Fishguard times manually:
Manual times from tidetimes.co.uk — Fishguard tide times shown directly
Green = safe window (HW ±2hrs) · Red line = now
14-day tide outlook
Enter API key above for accurate predictions, or uses manual estimate (~50 min shift/day)
Scroll sideways for full 14 days → · Green bands = HW ±2hr windows · Weekends marked *
Forecasts + live data
Quick reference
Perfect Swell 0-0.2m · Waves 0-0.3m · Wind 0-8mph
Good Swell 0.2-0.4m · Waves 0.3-0.5m · Wind 8-12mph
Caution Swell 0.4-0.6m · Waves 0.5-0.8m · Wind 12-15mph
Stay in Swell 0.6-0.8m · Waves 0.8-1.0m · Wind 15-20mph
Dangerous Swell 0.8m+ · Waves 1.0m+ · Wind 20mph+
Northerly wind (N/NNE/NNW) bumps rating one category worse · VHF: Ch16 distress, Ch69 Newport local
This app provides guidance only. The decision to go afloat is solely the responsibility of the skipper. Neither Newport Boat Club nor the app developer accept any liability.
Newport Boat Club weather
Live wind + Windguru forecast combined
Windguru forecast (7 day)
Newport NBC — wind, waves, tides, temp
Swell forecast (12 day)
surf-forecast.com — Newport Pembs
Met Office weather (7 day)
Newport Pembrokeshire — official forecast
Tide times — Fishguard
Fishguard reference port for Nevern
Live wind at club (real-time)
Windguru Station 624 — anemometer at Parrog
Webcam — Newport Boat Club
See the estuary conditions live
Newport Boat Club website
Membership, events, news & more
🆘 Emergency contacts
📞 Coastguard: 999 (ask for Coastguard)
📞 Milford Haven MRCC: 01646 690909
📻 VHF Ch16 — Distress & calling
📻 VHF Ch69 — Newport local
⚓ Newport Boat Club: 01239 820 503
📞 Milford Haven MRCC: 01646 690909
📻 VHF Ch16 — Distress & calling
📻 VHF Ch69 — Newport local
⚓ Newport Boat Club: 01239 820 503