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Porthcawl - Town Breaks Surf Report and Forecast

Latest Conditions and Today's Tides

Swell

4ft @ 12secs
253°

Wind

10mph
84° -

Temperature

Sea 8°c    Air 0°c
 
 

Tides, sunrise and sunset at Port Talbot
Hours from midnight
First Light: 7:04am - Sunrise: 7:39am
Sunset: 5:18pm - Last Light 5:53pm
(Port Talbot - 9.3mi away) [Help]
low 12:15am 1.7m
high 6:27am 9.5m
low 12:40pm 1.5m
high 6:49pm 9.5m

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9am
Wed 8th
Feb
3 ft Offshore
Wind
9.am Wednesday. A nice wave coming into Rest Bay - about 3ft+ on sets. Dropping tide though, so it will get smaller towoards low tide. There's a decent wave on the sandbars, so we should get 3-4ft on
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Porthcawl - Town Breaks Long Range Surf ForecastTry New Forecast Layout

  Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue
  6am Noon 6pm 6am Noon 6pm 6am Noon 6pm 6am Noon 6pm 6am Noon 6pm 6am Noon 6pm 6am Noon 6pm
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10ft
5ft
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Swell Height
Swell Period Wind
Swell Chart Period Chart Wind Chart
Chart Region:  
    Swell Rating   Prob Height Period Dir Wind (Gust) Weather
Wed
8/02  
6am
Star Star Star Star
Warning 100% 4.5ft
13secs 255°
8 13
mph
E - Offshore - 83° Clear -5c
  Noon
Star Star Star Star
Warning 100% 4.5ft
13secs 253°
8 12
mph
ENE - Offshore - 68° Mostly Sunny 0c
  6pm
Star Star Star
Warning 100% 4ft
12secs 253°
10 16
mph
E - Offshore - 84° Clear 0c
Thu
9/02  
6am
Star Star Star
100% 4ft
12secs 251°
2 3
mph
SE - Cross shore - 146° Mostly Clear -4c
  Noon
Star Star Star
100% 4ft
12secs 252°
3 4
mph
WSW - Onshore - 254° Mostly Sunny 1c
  6pm
Star Star Grey Star
100% 4ft
11secs 252°
6 8
mph
W - Onshore - 277° Mostly Cloudy 5c
Fri
10/02  
6am
Star Grey Star
100% 4ft
11secs 253°
6 9
mph
WSW - Onshore - 243° Drizzle 6c
  Noon
Star Grey Star
100% 4ft
11secs 253°
7 9
mph
SW - Onshore - 228° Rain 7c
  6pm
Star Grey Star
Warning 70% 3.5ft
11secs 252°
5 7
mph
SW - Onshore - 235° Rain 8c
Sat
11/02  
6am
Grey Star Grey Star
Warning 33% 3ft
10secs 251°
10 16
mph
SSE - Cross shore - 154° Drizzle 4c
  Noon
Grey Star Grey Star
Warning 25% 3ft
10secs 251°
12 19
mph
SSE - Cross/onshore - 156° Drizzle 5c
  6pm
Grey Star Grey Star
72% 3ft
10secs 238°
10 15
mph
SSE - Cross shore - 153° Drizzle 4c
Sun
12/02  
6am
Star
90% 3ft
10secs 240°
6 9
mph
SE - Cross/offshore - 135° Drizzle 3c
  Noon
Star
45% 2.5ft
10secs 239°
5 6
mph
SE - Cross/offshore - 140° Brief Showers 6c
  6pm
Star
33% 2.5ft
10secs 241°
4 5
mph
SE - Cross/offshore - 134° Mostly Cloudy 7c
Mon
13/02  
6am
Star
Warning 14% 1.5ft
9secs 251°
2 3
mph
E - Offshore - 91° Overcast 6c
  Noon
Star
Warning 36% 1.5ft
10secs 252°
3 3
mph
SSW - Onshore - 207° Mostly Sunny 7c
  6pm
Grey Star
26% 1.5ft
9secs 250°
6 10
mph
WNW - Onshore - 285° Overcast 8c
Tue
14/02  
6am
Grey Star
Warning 5% 1.5ft
9secs 252°
13 24
mph
W - Onshore - 281° Brief Showers 8c
  Noon
 
Warning 30% 1ft
9secs 253°
15 25
mph
W - Onshore - 275° Brief Showers 7c
  6pm
 
Warning 32% 2ft 3secs 333°
13 22
mph
NW - Cross/onshore - 319° Brief Showers 7c
Long Range Regional Forecast (Severn Estuary)
Wed
15/02  
6am
Star Grey Star
Warning 60% 3ft
11secs 272°
9
mph
WNW - Onshore - 284° Mostly Clear 3c
  Noon
Star
Warning 57% 2.5ft
10secs 273°
13
mph
W - Onshore - 281° Mostly Sunny 5c
  6pm
Star
Warning 43% 2ft
10secs 273°
12
mph
W - Onshore - 272° Drizzle 5c
Thu
16/02  
6am
Grey Star
18% 1.5ft
10secs 269°
9
mph
WSW - Onshore - 246° Light Snow Showers -0c
  Noon
Star
Warning 7% 1.5ft
13secs 273°
6
mph
SSE - Cross shore - 152° Sunny 4c
  6pm
Star Grey Star Grey Star Grey Star Grey Star
12% 9ft
12secs 251°
20
mph
S - Onshore - 191° Clear 4c
Fri
17/02  
6am
Star Star Star Grey Star
34% 7ft
12secs 259°
14
mph
S - Cross/onshore - 174° Mostly Clear -1c
  Noon
Grey Star Grey Star Grey Star
Warning 40% 3ft
13secs 257°
26
mph
SSW - Onshore - 211° Light Snow Showers 3c
  6pm
Star Star Star Star
45% 7ft
12secs 263°
18
mph
N - Offshore - 7° Light Snow Showers 3c
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Last Model Run: 8th Feb 2012 6:00am
Last Update: 8th Feb 2012 6:00pm
All times local time (GMT) unless otherwise stated.
View Regional Wave BuoysNearby Wave Buoy Data
Aberporth Buoy
(62301)
Swell3ft 5secs
Wind6mph 
5:00pm Wed 8th February
Pembroke Buoy
(62303)
Swell6ft 6secs
Wind15mph 
5:00pm Wed 8th February
Channel Lightship
(62103)
Swell6ft 7secs
Wind23mph 
5:00pm Wed 8th February
Swell from these wavebuoys might not reach this beach. This is intended as a general overview of swell running in the area. Click a buoy for detailed location information.
Seasonal Conditions and Historic Data
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Covering Rest bay and beaches south of Porthcawl this forecast is based on the easterly offshores needed at Rest Bay.

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A detailed long range Porthcawl - Town Breaks Surf forecast, surf report and (where available) surf webcams. This surf forecast will be useful for both Porthcawl - Town Breaks and nearby surf spots in the Severn Estuary area. For other surf breaks in UK + Ireland click 'local overview' at the top of this page. The information here is carefully calibrated and checked, please do read the surf forecasting help information first which will give you a good idea how to start interpreting this information.
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