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 08:12 AM and sunset is at 04:06 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Mon morning, min 7°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Tue night, strong winds from the S by Wed afternoon). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Thu morning, min 7°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Sat morning, light winds from the NNW by Sat night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Tue morning, min 4°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 6°C on Fri morning, min 3°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 3:07PM6.68m | 3:36AM6.76m | 3:59PM6.90m | 4:23AM7.08m | 4:44PM7.18m | 5:04AM7.40m | 5:24PM7.46m | 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 | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:49AM2.57m | 9:18PM2.39m | 9:42AM2.36m | 10:05PM2.18m | 10:29AM2.09m | 10:48PM1.94m | 11:10AM1.81m | 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 | ||||||||||||
W 12 | W 13 | W 13 | W 14 | W 14 | W 13 | W 13 | W 8 | WSW 11 | W 20 | W 19 | W 17 | W 16 | W 15 | W 14 | WSW 9 | W 10 | W 12 | WSW 10 | W 13 | W 13 | W 12 | W 12 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 | W 14 | W 13 | W 13 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | W 12 | W 13 | W 12 | W 12 | W 12 | |
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heavy rain | mod rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | mod rain | mod rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | mod rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | |
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12 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Moonrise | 3:42 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | 9:16 | — | — | 9:57 | — | — | 10:27 | — | — | 10:49 | — | — | 11:05 | — | — | 11:19 | — | — | 11:31 | — | — |
Moonset | 1:11 | — | — | 1:27 | — | — | 1:49 | — | — | 2:18 | — | — | — | 3:00 | — | — | 3:54 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 8:51 | — | — | — | 10:09 | — | — | 11:28 |
 | 8:12 | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:17 | — | — | 8:17 | — | — | 8:18 | — | — | 8:18 | — | — | 8:18 | — | — | 8:18 | — | — | 8:18 | — | — |
 | — | 4:06 | — | — | 4:06 | — | — | 4:06 | — | — | 4:06 | — | — | 4:07 | — | — | 4:07 | — | — | 4:07 | — | — | 4:07 | — | — | 4:07 | — | — | 4:08 | — | — | 4:09 | — | — | 4:10 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Porthcawl is 10.4° C (Statistics for 15 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 11.1 max: 12.2 min: 10.2°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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