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Reef
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Level 6/10

Porthcawl Point

South Wales, UK (Wales)
🪨Rocks👥Crowded⚠️Shallow🚫Pollution

Porthcawl Point--known locally as The Peak--is South Wales' most iconic wave. This reef/point setup breaks best at high tide.

3-Day Forecast
Today
30
0
Poor
1.6m
@9s
24km/h
Tue
31
12
Poor
1.1m
@16s
15km/h
Wed
1
0
Poor
0.9m
@9s
18km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
1.6m
W(260°)
Score: 13/25
Period
9s
Short period / windswell
Score: 6/25
Wind
24km/h
WNW(298°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
10°C
0.0mm41%
Windswell Component
0.8mWNW@3s
Secondary Swell
0.1mNNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
AM: 23 km/h WNW|PM: 22 km/h WNW
Similar wind — afternoon has better tide for this spot
High tide at 5pm (3.3m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

4:56 am
High tide - 2.98m
11:24 am
Low tide - -4.02m
5:20 pm
High tide - 3.33m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

0
Poor
Components
Swell Direction8/25
Swell Size13/25
Swell Period6/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score27/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-21
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score0/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score0
🤢 Morning Sickness

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
SW (225°)
Direction range
200° - 260°
Size range
1.2m - 2.4m
Ideal size
2.1m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
13s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
NE (45°)
Offshore range
0° - 80°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
high

Water temp

12°C

Wetsuit

5/4mm + boots

Difficulty

6/10

Crowd level

7/10

Best Season

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

Secondary: Apr, May, Aug

Getting There

Airport
BRS
Drive time
70 min
Data quality
verified

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