Photo: Gordon Hatton (CC BY-SA 2.0)The Dale peninsula's white-sand surprise — sheltered, walk-in only, and startlingly beautiful at low tide.
Watwick Bay is the beach that makes people gasp on the Dale peninsula circuit: a sheltered south-east-facing bay whose low-tide sand is broad, pale and usually near-empty, guarded by the huge white daymark of the Watwick beacon on the headland above. The shelter that made this coast a sailing haven makes the bay calm when the open coast is wild.
Access keeps it special: a twenty-five-minute walk along the Coast Path from Dale (or from the Mill Bay side), then an unmade path down — no car park, no facilities, carry in and carry out. The sand shrinks markedly towards high water, so aim for the falling tide. Combine it with St Ann's Head and Mill Bay for the full peninsula loop, one of the finest half-day walks in the county.
The nearest pubs, cafés and restaurants, closest first. Walking times are rough estimates on lane and cliff path — check opening hours before you rely on one.
Dale, SA62 3RB
Three-hundred-year-old pub on Dale's sea wall at the mouth of the Haven — lobster from pots in the bay, Bluestone ales and its own amber beer, and the last pub standing of a village that once had fifteen.
1.4km away · about 20 min walk
1.4km away · about 20 min walk
Nearest forecast point: The Haven
dry for the next few hours, around 13°C, gusting to 26 mph — hold on to the windbreak.
01:00
13°
Fair
W 26 mph
02:00
12°
Clear
W 26 mph
03:00
12°
Clear
NW 25 mph
04:00
12°
Clear
NW 24 mph
05:00
12°
Clear
NW 24 mph
06:00
12°
Fair
NW 23 mph
07:00
12°
Clear
NW 23 mph
08:00
12°
Clear
NW 24 mph
Forecast from MET Norway, used under CC BY 4.0. It's a forecast for the nearest of six points across the county, not for this exact spot — on a coast this shaped, one headland can be in sun and the next in rain.
The light goes gold from about 17:57, and this beach faces the sunset.
Calculated for these coordinates, accurate to a minute or so. A cliff or a headland to your west will take the sun sooner than this suggests.
Dale Roads · about 0 miles away
High water
06:37
Sat 10 Oct · 7.0m
Low water
12:49
Sat 10 Oct · 0.6m
High water
18:54
Sat 10 Oct · 7.2m
Low water
01:11
Sun 11 Oct · 0.6m
Predicted times from the UK Hydrographic Office. Wind and pressure shift real water levels, and the tide at a specific cove can run earlier or later than its port. Never plan a tidal crossing on this alone.
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Dogs welcome all year — no seasonal restriction under Pembrokeshire County Council's summer beach bans.
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