Morfa Mawr Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Wales – South East, UK)

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Morfa Mawr Surf Guide

Morfa Mawr in The Vale of Glamorgan is a fairly exposed beach break that has pretty consitent surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. The best wind direction is from the northeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the southwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It's sometimes crowded here. The water quality here is rather suspect.

Morfa Mawr Spot Info

Type:	Rating:
Beach	2.4
Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
fairly consistent	8.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Morfa Mawr:

The best conditions reported for surf at Morfa Mawr occur when a Southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northeast.

Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

7 Day Forecast

What's the best time of year to surf Morfa Mawr (for consistent clean waves)?

februaryBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Morfa Mawr with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of February. Clean surfable waves are typically found 5% of the time in February while 38% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 57% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

38%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

57%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Morfa Mawr Location Map

Interactive Morfa Mawr surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Morfa Mawr is Swansea Airport (SWS) in Wales, 19 km (12 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Morfa Mawr is Cardiff Airport (CWL), also in Wales, 37 km (23 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Morfa Mawr Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

7 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Sunday, 11 April 2021, 07:48 Local Time

m, °C	Sunday 11
ft, °F	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Wave (m)	W	W	SW	SW
Period (s)	18	18	8	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	on

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Tides at Morfa Mawr

Current tide and informaton

For Briton Ferry, 7.0 km from Morfa Mawr.

Next High Water: 07:16pm | 8.23m

Next Low Water: 01:09pm | 0.69m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Morfa Mawr Sea Temperature

The water temperature (8.9 °C) at Morfa Mawr is very cold today and the windchill (3.0 °C) will make the air temperature seem even colder. You'll need a thick hooded winter wetsuit as well as neoprene gloves and neoprene boots and the cloudiness won't make it feel any warmer.

Today, many surfers would wear a winter wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots.

Current Temp*: 8.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

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Swell History at Morfa Mawr

Surf stats for Morfa Mawr, see the swell variation by month or season on the history page here.

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Wind History at Morfa Mawr

Wind stats for Morfa Mawr, see the variation in direction and stength by month or season on the history page here.

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Other Nearby Breaks Closest To:

Discover surf breaks near Morfa Mawr. Click below to view there surf guides.

Aberavon
- Beach/reef/pier
- 4.5
Reliability: fairly consistent
4km away
Kenfig Sands
- Beach
- 2.8
Reliability: fairly consistent
6km away
Sker
- Beach and point
- 1.9
Reliability: fairly consistent
8km away
Rest Bay
- Beach and point
- 3.6
Reliability: fairly consistent
11km away
Coney Beach
- Beach
- 2.4
Reliability: fairly consistent
12km away

Wave Buoys Nearest To Morfa Mawr:

Closest Wave BuoySEACAMS2 Swansea Bay Waverider6 mi
Second closest Wave BuoyScarweather WaveNet Site12 mi
Third closest Wave BuoyMinehead Waverider28 mi
Fourth closest Wave BuoyHinkley Point 2 Waverider36 mi
Fifth closest Wave BuoyHinkley Point Waverider37 mi

We hope you find the new 12-day forecasts and additional details useful.

Kudos to everyone who helped us debug this over the past 3 months.

Be sure to click on the Advanced Surf option to see extra details about the sea-state. Look out for crossing swells and short period local wind swells and chop that will often spoil a groundswell even if the wind is perfect. As yet there is no allowance for this in the swell rating. This is something we are working on.

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