Porthcawl Sea Conditions and Tide Table

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 — and sunset is at —.

Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Thu night, min 7°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Thu night, light winds from the SE by Sun afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun night. Low air temperatures (max 7°C on Sun night, min 5°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Sun night, fresh winds from the ENE by Wed afternoon).

Days 8–10 Weather Summary

Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri night. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Fri afternoon, min 2°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Fri morning, strong winds from the ENE by Sat morning).

Days 11–13 Weather Summary

A dusting of snow giving way to moderate rain (total 10mm) heaviest on Tue afternoon. Temperatures will be slightly above freezing (max 3°C on Mon morning, min 1°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tue
30
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
AM
PM
Wave Height Map
High Tide
5:43AM7.70m
6:02PM7.70m
6:20AM7.94m
6:39PM7.87m
6:56AM8.11m
7:15PM7.95m
7:32AM8.19m
7:51PM7.95m
8:09AM8.19m
8:28PM7.87m
8:47AM8.11m
9:07PM7.73m
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
Low Tide
11:28PM1.70m
11:50AM1.57m
00:05AM1.50m
12:27PM1.38m
00:41AM1.35m
1:03PM1.27m
1:16AM1.27m
1:39PM1.24m
1:51AM1.26m
2:14PM1.27m
2:26AM1.32m
2:51PM1.36m
3:03AM1.44m
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
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
2
W
17
2.2
W
9
1.8
W
15
1.3
W
14
1.2
W
13
1.4
WSW
11
1.2
WSW
11
1.5
W
16
1.2
W
15
0.9
W
14
0.8
W
13
0.8
W
13
0.8
W
12
0.8
W
11
0.7
WSW
15
0.9
W
14
1
W
13
1
ENE
4
1.2
E
5
0.9
ENE
4
0.9
ENE
4
0.6
ENE
4
0.5
N
4
0.3
W
12
0.5
W
11
1.2
E
5
1.2
E
4
0.9
E
4
0.7
E
4
0.6
W
15
0.5
W
13
0.4
WSW
13
0.4
W
12
0.5
W
11
0.7
W
5
0.4
WSW
10
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
clear
some clouds
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloudy
rain shwrs
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
rain shwrs
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light rain
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
mod rain
 km/h
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
15
S
30
SSE
35
SE
15
SE
25
ESE
15
SE
15
E
10
E
15
E
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNW
30
NE
40
ENE
40
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
25
ENE
10
ENE
 mm 
2
2
1
1
2
3
1
1
3
7
max°C
10
10
10
9
10
10
9
8
8
7
7
7
6
6
7
7
7
5
4
4
5
4
6
8
6
4
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
Moonrise
8:23
9:16
9:57
10:27
10:49
11:05
11:19
11:31
11:42
11:55
12:10
12:29
Moonset
3:00
3:54
5:01
6:15
7:33
8:51
10:09
11:28
12:48
2:12
3:41
Sunrise
8:15
8:17
8:17
8:18
8:18
8:18
8:18
8:18
8:18
8:19
8:19
8:19
Sunset
4:07
4:07
4:07
4:07
4:07
4:08
4:09
4:10
4:10
4:12
4:13
4:14
Today's sea temperature in Porthcawl is
10.2° C
(Statistics for 18 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 11.0 max: 11.9 min: 10.3°C)
Issued (local time): 11 pm Thursday 18 Dec 2025
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