Newgale Sands Beach

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Newgale Sands Beach, Newgale, St Davids, Pembrokeshire SA62 6AS, United Kingdom
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Newgale Sands is nearly 3 km long, backed with a high tide pebble bank. At high water most of the beach is completely submerged but at other times a glorious wide sandy beach, popular with dog walkers, surfers, kitesurfers and windsurfers etc.

Due to its size and excellent sand conditions makes a good kite buggy and kite boarding beach.

Facilities include toilets, telephones and emergency phones, shops, cafes, garage and pub, car parking and there are two campsites located nearby. Lifeguards patrol the beach in the summer.

Newgale Sands Beach is a Blue Flag Beach and has been awarded a regional Seaside Award.

Newgale Sands Beach has dog restrictions. Newgale Sands beach, dog ban in the centre section of the beach from 1st May to 30th September each year.

Why not check other beaches nearby as we have 7 beaches around St Davids, 54 beaches in Pembrokeshire, or check our list of Pembrokeshire Dog Friendly Beaches.

Beach Water Quality

Water samples are taken at regular intervals during the bathing season and at the end of the season the water quality is classified as:
  - Excellent: the highest classification meaning the water is cleanest
  - Good: generally good water quality
  - Sufficient: meets minimum standards
  - Poor: You are advised not to swim. The beach will stay open and an action plan should be in place to improve the water quality.

Weather

Newgale Sands Beach 7 day weather forecast, weather in St Davids, Pembrokeshire

Today
Expect a temp in the range 10.6℃ to 11.2℃ with wind speed 6.4 m/sec (WSW)
Saturday, May 21
Expect a temp in the range 10.6℃ to 11.5℃ with wind speed 5.6 m/sec (WSW)
Sunday, May 22
Expect a temp in the range 11.9℃ to 12.6℃ with wind speed 6 m/sec (SSW)
Monday, May 23
Expect a temp in the range 10.2℃ to 10.8℃ with wind speed 3.8 m/sec (SW)
Tuesday, May 24
Expect a temp in the range 8.9℃ to 10.3℃ with wind speed 4.3 m/sec (WNW)
Wednesday, May 25
Expect a temp in the range 11.1℃ to 11.5℃ with wind speed 5.8 m/sec (WSW)
Thursday, May 26
Expect a temp in the range 9.4℃ to 11.2℃ with wind speed 5.6 m/sec (WNW)


St Davids weather forecast from Yr, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and NRK

Tides

Newgale Sands Beach tide times.

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