Porthcawl Point Surf and Wind Quality (United-Kingdom – Wales – South East, UK)

The charts below show frequency of occurrence of a certain swell or wind in Porthcawl Point, broken down by both direction and strength (wave height).

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

Seasonal Porthcawl Point Swell and Wind Distribution

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You can also compare this with Porthcawl Point swell conditioned on favourable winds.

Also see overall Porthcawl Point surf quality charts (on the guide page) and Porthcawl Point surf quality by month.