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Porth Neigwl

Lleyn Peninsula, North Wales, UK (Wales)
🌀Strong rips🪨Rocks

Porth Neigwl--or Hell's Mouth--is a sweeping 3-mile beach on the Lleyn Peninsula that catches SW-S swells.

3-Day Forecast
Today
16
3
Poor
1.0m
@18s
29km/h
Tue
17
0
Poor
1.4m
@9s
28km/h
Wed
18
41
Poor
0.9m
@16s
8km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
1.0m
SW(235°)
Score: 8/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 15/25
Wind
29km/h
SW(226°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
9°C
0.1mm100%
Windswell Component
1.3mSW@5s
Secondary Swell
0.2mW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

12:55 am
Low tide - -1.46m
6:31 am
High tide - 0.90m
1:08 pm
Low tide - -1.66m
6:48 pm
High tide - 1.04m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

3
Poor
Components
Swell Direction11/25
Swell Size8/25
Swell Period15/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score34/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-14
🌊💨 Windswell-7
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score3/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score3
🤢 Morning Sickness🌊💨 Windswell

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
SSW (210°)
Direction range
190° - 250°
Size range
1m - 2.5m
Ideal size
2.0m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
12s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
NNE (20°)
Offshore range
350° - 60°
Best window
morning

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
low

Water temp

11°C

Wetsuit

5/4mm + boots

Difficulty

5/10

Crowd level

6/10

Best Season

Peak: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb

Secondary: Mar-May

Getting There

Airport
LPL
Drive time
150 min
Data quality
verified

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