Porthcawl 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 08:18 AM and sunset is at 04:09 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Icy conditions (max 5°C on Sat morning, min 0°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ENE on Thu morning, moderate winds from the ENE by Sat night). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Low air temperatures (max 5°C on Tue night, min 1°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Mild temperatures (max 6°C on Thu morning, min 1°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, strong winds from the WNW by Wed night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 17mm) heaviest on Sat morning, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Sat night. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Mon night, min 1°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 31 | Thursday 1 | Friday 2 | Saturday 3 | Sunday 4 | Monday 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 9:26AM7.96m | 9:48PM7.54m | 10:10AM7.76m | 10:35PM7.33m | 10:59AM7.52m | 11:29PM7.12m | 11:56AM7.30m | 00:32AM6.99m | 1:03PM7.18m | 1:42AM7.03m | 2:16PM7.26m | 2:54AM7.29m | 3:26PM7.55m | 4:00AM7.74m | 4:30PM7.97m | 4:58AM8.26m | 5:26PM8.40m | 5:51AM8.73m | 6:17PM8.72m | 6:40AM9.07m | 7:05PM8.88m | 7:26AM9.21m | 7:50PM8.84m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:30PM1.48m | 3:44AM1.61m | 4:15PM1.63m | 4:31AM1.81m | 5:06PM1.80m | 5:28AM2.01m | 6:07PM1.94m | 6:34AM2.13m | 7:15PM1.99m | 7:47AM2.09m | 8:27PM1.88m | 9:00AM1.84m | 9:35PM1.62m | 10:08AM1.45m | 10:37PM1.26m | 11:08AM1.01m | 11:33PM0.90m | 12:02PM0.62m | 00:24AM0.62m | 12:52PM0.38m | 1:11AM0.47m | 1:39PM0.31m | 1:55AM0.48m | |||||||||||||
ENE 5 | E 5 | E 5 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | E 4 | E 4 | E 4 | ENE 4 | W 5 | WSW 15 | W 14 | W 14 | WSW 13 | W 12 | W 12 | W 14 | W 13 | W 13 | WSW 12 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | W 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | W 12 | WSW 6 | WSW 10 | W 9 | W 6 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 9 | W 6 | |
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clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | clear | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | mod rain | some clouds | snow shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | mod rain | light rain | light rain | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 3 | |
max°C | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
Moonrise | 11:19 | — | — | 11:31 | — | — | 11:42 | — | — | 11:55 | — | — | 12:10 | — | — | 12:29 | — | — | 12:57 | — | — | 1:40 | — | — | 2:42 | — | — | — | 4:02 | — | — | 5:32 | — | — | 7:02 | — |
Moonset | — | — | 10:09 | — | — | 11:28 | — | — | — | 12:48 | — | — | 2:12 | — | — | 3:41 | — | — | 5:14 | — | — | 6:44 | — | — | 8:01 | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | 9:35 | — | — | 10:00 | — | — |
 | 8:18 | — | — | 8:18 | — | — | 8:18 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:18 | — | — | 8:18 | — | — | 8:18 | — | — |
 | — | 4:09 | — | — | 4:10 | — | — | 4:10 | — | — | 4:12 | — | — | 4:13 | — | — | 4:14 | — | — | 4:15 | — | — | 4:15 | — | — | 4:16 | — | — | 4:17 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — | 4:21 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Porthcawl is 9.8° C (Statistics for 25 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 10.7 max: 11.5 min: 9.8°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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