Cardiff Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Cardiff Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.

High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 08:03 AM and sunset is at 04:04 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Sun morning, min 11°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sun morning, strong winds from the SSW by Mon night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Wed morning, min 8°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 11°C on Sat night, min 7°C on Sun night). Mainly strong winds.

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Very mild (max 11°C on Thu night, min 5°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed night, gales from the S by Thu night).

Sunday
7
Monday
8
Tuesday
9
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
Wave Height Map
High Tide
8:08AM12.30m
8:31PM11.85m
8:53AM12.02m
9:17PM11.41m
9:40AM11.54m
10:06PM10.82m
10:30AM10.93m
10:59PM10.19m
11:25AM10.31m
11:59PM9.62m
12:28PM9.79m
1:06AM9.25m
1:37PM9.49m
2:16AM9.16m
2:45PM9.48m
3:20AM9.35m
3:45PM9.68m
4:15AM9.71m
4:37PM10.00m
5:02AM10.14m
5:23PM10.35m
5:45AM10.57m
6:05PM10.68m
Low Tide
2:31PM1.12m
2:50AM1.32m
3:18PM1.41m
3:36AM1.73m
4:06PM1.86m
4:25AM2.26m
4:58PM2.40m
5:18AM2.83m
5:53PM2.92m
6:15AM3.33m
6:53PM3.34m
7:17AM3.68m
7:57PM3.57m
8:24AM3.81m
9:03PM3.56m
9:29AM3.69m
10:03PM3.37m
10:28AM3.40m
10:55PM3.06m
11:19AM3.02m
11:41PM2.71m
12:04PM2.63m
00:23AM2.39m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
0.2
S
2
0.8
SW
4
0.4
SW
3
0.4
SW
3
0.4
SSW
3
0.6
SSW
3
1.2
SSW
4
1.1
SW
4
0.9
SW
4
0.6
SW
3
0.5
SW
3
0.1
SW
2
0.1
W
4
0.2
S
2
0.2
SSE
2
0.4
SSW
3
0.3
S
3
0.4
SW
3
0.4
SW
3
0.6
SSW
4
0.8
SSW
4
0.7
SW
4
0.6
SSW
3
0.6
SW
3
0.5
W
3
0.9
WSW
4
0.3
WSW
3
0.7
SSW
4
1.2
SSW
5
0.5
SW
3
0.5
SW
3
0.4
SW
3
0.4
SW
3
0.8
SW
4
0.5
SW
3
1.4
SSW
5
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
mod rain
light rain
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light rain
mod rain
cloudy
light rain
rain shwrs
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
rain shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain shwrs
some clouds
rain shwrs
some clouds
light rain
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
cloudy
rain shwrs
some clouds
mod rain
 km/h
15
SSE
45
WSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
S
45
SSW
45
SSW
35
W
25
SW
25
WSW
10
SSW
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
SE
25
S
15
SSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
15
SW
25
S
40
WSW
30
W
35
W
15
WSW
35
S
40
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
30
SW
20
SSW
60
S
 mm 
5
2
9
5
2
2
1
5
2
16
1
5
4
3
1
2
1
8
max°C
14
13
12
12
12
13
14
14
13
11
11
10
10
11
10
11
11
9
10
10
11
11
11
9
8
8
8
9
10
8
8
7
7
9
9
11
Moonrise
6:36
8:05
9:30
10:49
12:05
1:17
2:29
3:40
4:53
6:06
7:16
Moonset
11:06
11:36
11:57
12:12
12:24
12:35
12:45
12:56
1:09
1:25
1:46
2:16
Sunrise
8:03
8:03
8:04
8:06
8:07
8:07
8:08
8:10
8:11
8:11
8:11
8:12
Sunset
4:04
4:04
4:04
4:02
4:02
4:02
4:02
4:02
4:02
4:04
4:04
4:04
Today's sea temperature in Cardiff is
9.0° C
(Statistics for 07 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 11.7 max: 12.9 min: 10.2°C)
Issued (local time): 11 am Sunday 07 Dec 2025
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