Thewave.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
80% 
Page structure
37% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.31 s
File size
251.20 kB
Words
1036
Media files
12
Number of links
159 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Wave: Bristol's inland surf destination
The length of the page title is perfect. (374 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Wave: Bristol's slice of the ocean inland. An inland surf destination like no other. Learn how to surf & try a new experience.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (777 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.thewave.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionThe Wave: Bristol's slice of the ocean inland. An inland surf destination like no other. Learn how to surf & try a new experience.
article:publisherhttps://www.facebook.com/TheWaveSurfing
article:modified_time2025-05-15T15:10:41+00:00
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twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleThe Wave: Bristol's inland surf destination
twitter:descriptionThe Wave is the first inland-surfing destination of its kind, where people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities can experience the joy of surfing and its many physical and mental health benefits. But it’s not just about surfing. It’s about getting back to nature, improving health and well-being, connecting with other people, enjoying great food and drink, and having a load of fun in the process!
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twitter:site@TheWave
og:localeen_GB
og:typewebsite
og:titleThe Wave: Bristol's inland surf destination
og:descriptionThe Wave is the first inland-surfing destination of its kind, where people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities can experience the joy of surfing and its many physical and mental health benefits. But it’s not just about surfing. It’s about getting back to nature, improving health and well-being, connecting with other people, enjoying great food and drink, and having a load of fun in the process!
og:urlhttps://www.thewave.com/
og:site_nameThe Wave
og:imagehttps://www.thewave.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/drone-18-credit-Global-Shots.jpg
og:image:width2048
og:image:height1364
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 1036 words. That's ok.
31.8% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
11 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.41 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: catch the perfect wave
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
6 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
...creditNickHounsfield_DJI_0195-scaled.jpgAerial view of The Wave in Bristol inland surfing lake with waves
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Delicious breakfast served at the Wave's bar in Bristol
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Group learn to surf at The Wave inland surf lake near Bristol
data:[...] Base64Girl high fives surf coach during beginner surf lesson at The Wave inland surf lake near Bristol
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Powered by Wave Garden
Video URLWidthHeight
...f66b648f7e889f327e9afe5f145ca84868e7f2c6100%100%

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (10 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to
H1 Surf
H1 Membership
H1 Bundles
H2 THE Wave
H2 Empty heading
H2 Visit Us
H2 Find the right session for you
H2 Work With Us
H2 Gift Vouchers
H2 Plan a Visit
H2 Sign up to The Wave newsletter
H3 Opening Times
H3 What’s On
H3 Food & Drink
H3 Getting to The Wave
H3 Find Your Wave
H3 The Camp at The Wave
H3 Groups
H3 I want to surf
H3 I want to learn & improve
H3 Plan Your Visit
H3 Useful Links
H3 Terms and Conditions
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 10 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.thewave.com/Go to home
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coaching/Subdomain Learn
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Little Rippers Surf Lesson (ages 4-9)
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Beginner Surf Lesson
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Adult Only Beginner Surf Lessons
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Improver Surf Lesson
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Intermediate Surf Lesson
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Advanced Coaching
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Beginner Surf Courses
/the-wave-academy/Subdomain The Wave Academy
/adaptive-surfing/Subdomain Adaptive Surfing
https://www.thewave.com/surf/Subdomain Surf
/surf/surf-sessions/beginner-s...Subdomain Beginner Surf Session (no lesson)
/surf/surf-sessions/beginner-b...Subdomain Beginner Bodyboarding
/surf/surf-sessions/improver-s...Subdomain Improver Surf Session
/surf/surf-sessions/intermedia...Subdomain Intermediate Surf Session
/surf/surf-sessions/advanced-s...Subdomain Advanced Surf Session
/surf/surf-sessions/advanced-p...Subdomain Advanced Plus Surf Session
/surf/surf-sessions/expert-bar...Subdomain Expert Barrel Session
/surf/surf-sessions/expert-tur...Subdomain Expert Turns Session
/surf/activities/women-only-su...Subdomain Women Only Surf Sessions
/adaptive-surfing/Subdomain Text duplicate Adaptive Surfing
/the-camp-at-the-wave/Subdomain Stay
/the-camp-at-the-wave/Subdomain The Camp at The Wave
https://www.thewave.com/whats-on/Subdomain What’s On
https://www.thewave.com/whats-on/Subdomain Events & Activities
/surf/activities/women-only-su...Subdomain Sister Sessions
/surf/activities/play-in-the-bay/Subdomain Play in the Bay
/surf/activities/yoga-at-the-w...Subdomain Yoga
/surf/activities/swimming/Subdomain Swimming
/plan-a-visit/food-and-drink/Subdomain Food & Drink
/opening-times/Subdomain Opening Times & Facilities
/getting-to-the-wave/Subdomain Getting to The Wave
/membership/Subdomain Membership
/membership/Subdomain Text duplicate Membership
/surf-bundles/Subdomain Surf Bundles
/groups/business/corporate-mem...Subdomain Corporate Memberships
https://www.thewave.com/groups/Subdomain Groups
/groups/business/Subdomain Corporate Memberships & Bookings
/groups/group-bookings/educati...Subdomain Schools, Unis & Sports Teams
/groups/venue-hire/Subdomain Venue Hire
/groups/group-bookings/social-...Subdomain Stag, Hens & Private Parties
/plan-a-visit/Subdomain Plan a Visit
/gift-vouchers/Subdomain Gift Vouchers
/the-wave-london/Subdomain The Wave London
/community/our-blog/Subdomain News & Blog
/videos-and-photos/Subdomain Videos & Photos of your Surf
/equipment-and-surfboard-hire/Subdomain Surfboard Hire & Repair
https://www.thewave.com/groups/Subdomain Venue Hire & Group Bookings
https://www.thewave.com/shop/Subdomain Shop
/about-the-wave/Subdomain About The Wave
/work-with-us/Subdomain Work With Us
https://www.thewave.com/impact/Subdomain Impact
https://bookings.thewave.com/External Subdomain Book Now
A-TITLE Book Now
https://community.thewave.com/...External Subdomain Log in
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coaching/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Text duplicate Little Rippers Surf Lesson (ages 4-9)
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Text duplicate Beginner Surf Lesson
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Text duplicate Adult Only Beginner Surf Lessons
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Text duplicate Improver Surf Lesson
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Text duplicate Intermediate Surf Lesson
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Text duplicate Advanced Coaching
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Text duplicate Beginner Surf Courses
/the-wave-academy/Subdomain Text duplicate The Wave Academy
/adaptive-surfing/Subdomain Text duplicate Adaptive Surfing
https://www.thewave.com/surf/Subdomain Text duplicate Surf
/surf/surf-sessions/beginner-s...Subdomain Text duplicate Beginner Surf Session (no lesson)
/surf/surf-sessions/beginner-b...Subdomain Text duplicate Beginner Bodyboarding
/surf/surf-sessions/improver-s...Subdomain Text duplicate Improver Surf Session
/surf/surf-sessions/intermedia...Subdomain Text duplicate Intermediate Surf Session
/surf/surf-sessions/advanced-s...Subdomain Text duplicate Advanced Surf Session
/surf/surf-sessions/advanced-p...Subdomain Text duplicate Advanced Plus Surf Session
/surf/surf-sessions/expert-bar...Subdomain Text duplicate Expert Barrel Session
/surf/surf-sessions/expert-tur...Subdomain Text duplicate Expert Turns Session
/surf/activities/women-only-su...Subdomain Text duplicate Women Only Surf Sessions
/adaptive-surfing/Subdomain Text duplicate Adaptive Surfing
/the-camp-at-the-wave/Subdomain Text duplicate Stay
/the-camp-at-the-wave/Subdomain Text duplicate The Camp at The Wave
https://www.thewave.com/whats-on/Subdomain Text duplicate What’s On
https://www.thewave.com/whats-on/Subdomain View all Events & Activities
/surf/activities/women-only-su...Subdomain Text duplicate Sister Sessions
/surf/activities/play-in-the-bay/Subdomain Text duplicate Play in the Bay
/surf/activities/yoga-at-the-w...Subdomain Text duplicate Yoga
/surf/activities/swimming/Subdomain Text duplicate Swimming
/plan-a-visit/food-and-drink/Subdomain Text duplicate Food & Drink
/opening-times/Subdomain Text duplicate Opening Times & Facilities
/getting-to-the-wave/Subdomain Text duplicate Getting to The Wave
/membership/Subdomain Text duplicate Membership
/membership/Subdomain Text duplicate Membership
/surf-bundles/Subdomain Text duplicate Surf Bundles
/groups/business/corporate-mem...Subdomain Text duplicate Corporate Memberships
https://www.thewave.com/groups/Subdomain Text duplicate Groups
/groups/business/Subdomain Text duplicate Corporate Memberships & Bookings
/groups/business/team-away-days/Subdomain Team Away Days
/corporate-memberships/Subdomain Text duplicate Corporate Memberships
/groups/group-bookings/educati...Subdomain Text duplicate Schools, Unis & Sports Teams
/groups/venue-hire/Subdomain Text duplicate Venue Hire
/groups/group-bookings/social-...Subdomain Text duplicate Stag, Hens & Private Parties
/plan-a-visit/Subdomain Text duplicate Plan a Visit
/opening-times/Subdomain Text duplicate Opening Times & Facilities
/plan-a-visit/food-and-drink/Subdomain Text duplicate Food & Drink
/getting-to-the-wave/Subdomain Text duplicate Getting to The Wave
/gift-vouchers/Subdomain Text duplicate Gift Vouchers
/the-wave-london/Subdomain Text duplicate The Wave London
/community/our-blog/Subdomain Text duplicate News & Blog
/videos-and-photos/Subdomain Text duplicate Videos & Photos of your Surf
/equipment-and-surfboard-hire/Subdomain Text duplicate Surfboard Hire & Repair
/board-repair/Subdomain Board Repair
https://www.thewave.com/groups/Subdomain Text duplicate Venue Hire & Group Bookings
https://www.thewave.com/shop/Subdomain Text duplicate Shop
/about-the-wave/Subdomain Text duplicate About The Wave
/work-with-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Work With Us
https://www.thewave.com/impact/Subdomain Text duplicate Impact
https://bookings.thewave.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Book Now
A-TITLE Book Now
https://community.thewave.com/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Log in
https://bookings.thewave.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Book Now
https://bookings.thewave.com/t...External Subdomain Text duplicate Book Now
/membership/Subdomain Join Today
/surf-bundles/Subdomain Buy Now
/opening-times/Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.thewave.com/whats-on/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/plan-a-visit/food-and-drink/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/getting-to-the-wave/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/the-wave-academy/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/the-camp-at-the-wave/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.thewave.com/groups/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/surf/surf-sessions/beginner-s...Subdomain Beginner Surf Session
/surf/surf-sessions/improver-s...Subdomain Text duplicate Improver Surf Session
/surf/surf-sessions/intermedia...Subdomain Text duplicate Intermediate Surf Session
/surf/surf-sessions/advanced-s...Subdomain Text duplicate Advanced Surf Session
/surf/surf-sessions/advanced-p...Subdomain Text duplicate Advanced Plus Surf Session
/surf/surf-sessions/expert-tur...Subdomain Text duplicate Expert Turns Session
/surf/surf-sessions/expert-bar...Subdomain Text duplicate Expert Barrel Session
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Text duplicate Little Rippers Surf Lesson (ages 4-9)
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Beginner Surf Lessons
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Text duplicate Improver Surf Lesson
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Text duplicate Intermediate Surf Lesson
/surf/surf-lessons-and-coachin...Subdomain Text duplicate Advanced Coaching
/work-with-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/gift-vouchers/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/plan-a-visit/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://r1.dotdigital-pages.co...New window External Subdomain Sign Up
/opening-times/Subdomain Opening Times
/plan-a-visit/food-and-drink/Subdomain Text duplicate Food & Drink
/getting-to-the-wave/Subdomain Text duplicate Getting to The Wave
/faqs-and-knowledge-base/Subdomain FAQs and Knowledge Base
/student-emergency-services-an...Subdomain Student, Emergency Services and Forces Discount
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/work-with-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Work With Us
/gift-vouchers/Subdomain Text duplicate Gift Vouchers
/our-partners/Subdomain Our Partners
/the-wave-london/Subdomain Find out about The Wave London
/press-and-media/Subdomain Press and media
/health-and-safety/Subdomain Health and Safety
/booking-terms-and-conditions/Subdomain Terms and Conditions of Booking and Entry to The Wave
/general-terms-and-conditions-...Subdomain General Terms and Conditions for Promotions and Discounts
/gift-voucher-terms-and-condit...Subdomain Gift Voucher Terms and Conditions
/bundles-terms-and-conditions/Subdomain Bundles Terms and Conditions
/membership-terms-and-conditions/Subdomain Membership Terms and Conditions
/policy-for-the-sale-of-ex-ren...Subdomain Policy for the Sale of Ex-Rental or Second-Hand Goods
/terms-of-use/Subdomain Terms of Use
/online-shop-terms-and-conditi...Subdomain Online Shop Terms and Conditions
/january-sale-terms-and-condit...Subdomain January Sale Terms and Conditions
https://www.facebook.com/TheWa...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
https://twitter.com/TheWaveNew window External A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/thew...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Instagram
https://hiyield.co.uk/web-desi...New window External Web Design & Development
https://hiyield.co.uk/External Hiyield
/privacy-policy/Subdomain Privacy Policy
/terms-of-use/Subdomain Text duplicate Terms of Use

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.thewave.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.31 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (251 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateWed, 11 Jun 2025 23:40:06 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
varyAccept-Encoding
x-powered-byWP Engine
link<https://www.thewave.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
x-cacheablebot
cache-controlmax-age=10800, must-revalidate
x-cacheHIT: 445
x-cache-groupbot
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
set-cookie281 Characters
servercloudflare
cf-ray94e4f39eae1e027c-CDG
content-encodingbr
alt-svch3=":443"; ma=86400
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 333 referring domains.
This page has 879 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 286 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

Disallow: https://www.thewave.com/wp-content/uploads/wpforms/
Crawl-delay: 10
# START YOAST BLOCK
# ---------------------------
User-agent: *
Disallow:

Sitemap: https://www.thewave.com/sitemap_index.xml
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The Wave: Bristol's inland surf destination
The Wave: Bristol's slice of the ocean inland. An inland surf destination like no other. Learn how to surf & try a new experience.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
Wave86%Check
Surf72%Check
Bristol64%Check
inland surf64%Check
Wave Academy62%Check
Wave London62%Check
Surf Session57%Check
inland56%Check
Beginner Surf56%Check
Surf Lesson56%Check
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