Porthcawl Point ratings

Quality on a good day: 2.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 3.0

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Swell from Hurricane Danielle is now arriving on the coast of NW Europe and for much of France, Britain and Ireland, it is meeting offshore winds. September conditions do not get much better than this. Swell height is around the 1m mark but the period, in the range 15-20 secs, means that exposed breaks are generally well overhead on the well-separated sets. Drop everything and get on it! Should last through the weekend, with the period getting shorter and the wave height growing.

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Porthcawl Point, UK 6 Day Surf / Weather Forecast

Issued (local time): 12 pm Thursday 02 Sep 2010

These are open water swell heights. Breaking waves will usually be smaller, especially in sheltered locations.

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Wave Energy Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.2
W 		0.2
WSW 		0.3
WSW 		0.3
WSW 		0.4
WSW 		0.6
WSW 		0.7
WSW 		0.6
WSW 		0.5
WSW 		0.6
WSW 		0.5
WSW 		0.4
WSW 		0.3
WSW 		0.3
WSW 		0.5
WSW 		0.4
WSW 		0.5
WSW 		0.5
WSW
Period (s) (?) 17 16 15 14 14 13 12 12 11 9 9 8 8 9 9 8 8 8
Wave
Graph
(?) 		Porthcawl-point
Max-energy 22 26 42 37 63 131 145 106 68 66 45 24 14 15 43 26 35 35
Wind
(km/h) 		5 ESE 10 ESE 10 ESE 10 ESE 10 SE 10 SE 10 ESE 15 SE 10 ESE 10 ESE 15 ESE 10 ESE 20 ESE 20 ESE 15 E 10 ESE 10 ESE 5 ESE
Wind State (?) cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross cross cross-
off		 cross cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 glass
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Porthcawl Point blow from the NE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m) 		11:55AM
7.36
12:44AM
7.10
1:32PM
7.10 		2:33AM
7.10
3:15PM
7.45
4:01AM
7.67 		4:31PM
8.20
5:07AM
8.45 		5:30PM
9.01
6:02AM
9.18 		6:22PM
9.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:03PM
3.39
6:54AM
3.54
8:00PM
3.55 		8:51AM
3.40
9:40PM
3.03 		10:13AM
2.73
10:50PM
2.24 		11:14AM
1.93
11:47PM
1.48 		12:07PM
1.24
12:37AM
0.90
 

Note: the tide data above is for Mumbles, Wales which is 21 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Porthcawl Point. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.
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