Tonnr6201026
Buoy 20 km away
- Waves
- 0.6 m
- Period
- 3 s
- Direction
- WSW
Measured 5 hr. ago
The Knap
Right now
Right now the waves are 0.4 m, with a period of 12 s, from SW, the wind is 9 kn, from WNW, Cross-shore, and the tide is falling, low water at 04:35 PM.
What fits this spot: the swell's direction. What does not: the wind and the tide.
About this break
- BreakBeach break
- BottomSand
- LevelBeginner, Intermediate, Advanced
- BoardsShortboard, Fish, Funboard, Longboard, Bodyboard
- Best seasonSpring, Autumn, Winter
- Best tideMid
- Best swell fromSW
- Best wind fromNNENE
- Offshore wind fromNE
The sea now
Cardiff Intl
Wind station 3 km away
- Wind
- 10 kn
- Gusts
- –
- Direction
- NWCross-shore
Measured 38 min. ago
Next tides
- Low tide16 Fri 04:35 PM3.2 m
- High tide16 Fri 10:48 PM10 m
- Low tide17 Sat 04:48 AM3.4 m
- High tide17 Sat 10:58 AM10 m
- Low tide17 Sat 05:05 PM3.7 m
The week
| 7 days | Biggest wave | Wind at noon |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Fri | 0.5 m6 sWSW | 10 knNW |
| 17 Sat | 0.3 m11 sSW | 6 knNE |
| 18 Sun | 0.3 m11 sENE | 11 knNE |
| 19 Mon | 0.5 m3 sESE | 8 knESE |
| 20 Tue | 0.4 m3 sE | 3 knNNE |
| 21 Wed | 1.1 m6 sSW | 9 knWNW |
| 22 Thu | 1.6 m7 sWSW | 11 knSSW |
Forecast fetched 3 min. ago.
Nearby spots
- Whitmore BayBeach break, Sand2 km away
- Jackson's BayBeach break, Sand2 km away
- PenarthReef, Rock11 km away
- Llantwit Major (Cwm Colhuw) BeachPoint break, Sand, Uneven reef14 km away
- SoutherndownBeach break, Sand22 km away
- Ogmore BeachRivermouth, Sand26 km away
- Trecco BayBeach break, Sand29 km away
- Coney BeachBeach break, Jetty, Sand29 km away
Sources
- Waves: South West Coastal Monitoring;National Network of Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes (NNRCMP). Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information; https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00043 (copernicus-marine)
- Wind: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (public-domain)
- Tides: TICON-4 (cc-by-4.0)
- Forecast: Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0, Credit asked by Open-Meteo: German Weather Service DWD, Wave forecast from the Met Office, generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information, Wave forecast from Météo-France, generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information, This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Weather forecast from Météo-France, Weather forecast from NOAA (cc-by-4.0)This ECMWF data is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. ECMWF does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error or omission in the data, their availability, or for any loss or damage arising from their use.