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Margate Main Sands sea conditions & tide times

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Margate Main Sands is a coastal location in Kent, one of 53 Kent spots covered by NippyIndex.

The shore faces broadly north-east, so it is most open to wind and swell arriving from the north-east.

As a tidal location, its tide predictions are referenced to the nearest tidal station, Margate, less than a mile away.

NippyIndex draws on published marine and weather data (sea state, wave information and water temperature) and UKHO tidal predictions.

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Nearby locations

The Bay (Margate) · under 1 miWestbrook Bay (Margate) · 1 mi SWWalpole Bay (Margate) · 1 mi ESt Mildreds Bay (Westgate-on-Sea) · 1 mi SWWest Bay (Westgate-on-Sea) · 1 mi SW