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Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) surfForecast / Wales – Lleyn / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 GMT
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Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) sea temperature is
8.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) today?

The current surf forecast for Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) at 11AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (17 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s

Table - waves today at Whistling Sands (Porth Oer). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)999988887710101010101111141313129811
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)129132931078468414032332774113138170191194465552486319242166328
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
15
NE
15
ESE
35
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
55
SE
55
SE
55
SE
50
ESE
45
E
35
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
ENE
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		crossoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
3.99
8:32PM
3.75
8:47AM
4.23
9:05PM
3.91
9:20AM
4.38
9:39PM
4.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:12PM
0.21
3:19AM
0.27
3:46PM
0.07
3:52AM
0.19
4:20PM
0.02
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise--7:31-------7:30-------7:28-----
Sunset----5:32-------5:35-------5:37---
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------11------
Temp. °C666556433344555544455555
Feels °C (?)-3-1-100-3-7-8-9-10-9-9-7-6-4-3-3-2-11220-1
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