17.1.25 No report Wednesday and Sunday.
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Remember: A veering wind clocks clockwise (eg: west veering northwest or east veering southerly) and a backing wind clocks anticlockwise (eg: west backing southwest or south backing southeast).
Wind Strength (simplified): Light <7mph, Moderate <18mph, Fresh <29mph, Strong <38mph, Gale <46mph, Severe Gale <54mph, Storm <72mph.
Porth Neigwl (Hell's Mouth) Surf Report: Friday, January 17th. The southerly breeze has increased overnight and was putting a greater distortion on the well travelled swell. Waves were still a good size on the buoys (head high at the beach) but the Irish Sea is now filled with shorter period, windswell too.
High Tide: 17.1.25. 10.00 4.6m
The rest of today: The wind is forecast to remain onshore today. Messy surf may be at it's biggest just after full tide, later this morning.
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Outlook: The static, continental, anticyclone continues to feed offshore wind out and across France and Cornwall but depressions, running northeast, south of Iceland, are close enough that we have a southerly and Scotland a southwesterly wind. These depressions ran through our swell window so, at least, we have plenty of swell but, with the Anticyclone where it is, it is unlikely that our local wind will back far enough to clean up the waves. Less wind on Sunday is currently forecast as fronts pushing east lose a bit of enthusiasm, but this is far from certain.
Met Office surface pressure charts
Opening Times: We are normally open every day 10.00 - 16.00 (16.30 in summer) but we are occasionally closed on Wednesdays and Sundays outside school holidays. During good surf we may be a little late in/early to close. Call us if unsure 01758 713067.
Hire equipment (Surfboards and wetsuits) are hired out on a first come basis and we often run out by 12.00. All hire equipment needs to be returned by 4.30pm - unless you are having it for a few days. Please note we can't do surfboard hire to under 18's or when the wind is stronger than force 6 - fresh to strong.We are restricted to one board per adult. Don't forget that the state of the tide plays an important role in wave quality and size at Porth Neigwl.