Beach
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Level 5/10
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's Conditions
Swell
0.8m
SW(230°)
Score: 3/25
Period
8s
Short period / windswell
Score: 4/25
Wind
25km/h
WNW(300°)
Score: 1/25
Weather
10°C
0.0mm46%
Windswell Component
0.7mWNW@3s
Secondary Swell
0.4mWNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
AM: 24 km/h WNW|PM: 23 km/h NW
Similar wind — afternoon has better tide for this spot
Low tide at 2pm (-2.5m)
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
1:44 am
Low tide - -2.20m
6:57 am
High tide - 0.82m
2:05 pm
Low tide - -2.45m
7:20 pm
High tide - 0.90m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
0
PoorComponents
Swell Direction13/25
Swell Size3/25
Swell Period4/25
Wind1/25
Raw Score21/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-17
🌊💨 Windswell-5
⚠️ Weak Component-10
📉 Undersized Swell-10
🚫 Undersized Capmax 44
Adjusted Score0/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score0
🤢 Morning Sickness🌊💨 Windswell
Location & Conditions
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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°
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
LPLDrive time
150 minData quality
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