Beach
both
Level 3/10
Rest Bay
Porthcawl, South Wales, UK (Wales)
🌀Strong rips👥Crowded🪨Rocks🚫Pollution
Rest Bay is the most consistent break in Porthcawl's varied lineup--a broad sandy beach that picks up SW swells.
3-Day Forecast
Today's Conditions
Swell
2.0m
W(263°)
Score: 25/25
Period
20s
Long period groundswell
Score: 8/25
Wind
23km/h
WSW(248°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
9°C
0.0mm91%
Windswell Component
1.4mWSW@5s
Secondary Swell
0.3mWNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
4:05 am
High tide - 2.44m
10:13 am
Low tide - -3.25m
4:30 pm
High tide - 2.85m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
13
PoorComponents
Swell Direction7/25
Swell Size25/25
Swell Period8/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score40/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-14
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score13/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score13
🤢 Morning Sickness
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Spot Details
Swell Requirements
- Optimal direction
- SW (225°)
- Direction range
- 200° - 270°
- Size range
- 0.8m - 2.5m
- Ideal size
- 2.0m
- Height multiplier
- 0.97×
- Ideal period
- 12s+
Wind Requirements
- Optimal direction
- NE (45°)
- Offshore range
- 20° - 80°
- Best window
- morning
Tide Requirements
- Optimal tide
- low to mid
Water temp
11°C
Wetsuit
5/4mm + boots
Difficulty
3/10
Crowd level
7/10
Best Season
Peak: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb
Secondary: Mar-May
Getting There
Airport
CWLDrive time
35 minData quality
verified
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