What is the surf like at Southerndown today?

This afternoon at Southerndown: 0.9ft swell, Cloud, 11°, 7kt E, gusts 11. Swell, wind and tide sit on this page so you can decide before you drive.

What is the Southerndown surf forecast for the week?

Southerndown this week: Flat now. Best looking Wed 11: meh, 2.0ft.

How is the Southerndown surf report scored?

Open-Meteo supplies swell, wind and weather on an hourly cron. WorldTides supplies the high and low clocks. We then score Southerndown for wrap, wind and the usual tide window. The number at the top is this hour. Later week cards are the best hour of that day. Height is the swell that makes the beach, not the raw model.

Southerndown

Updated Fri 6 Nov 14:20

Quality

FlatToo small

Swell

0.9ft

Tide

16:2522:36

Weather

11°7kt E, gusts 11

6-day surf report

Updated Fri 6 Nov 14:20

Next beach: Rest Bay

Now · Fri 6

FlatToo small

0.9ft

7-11°7kt E, gusts 11

04:05 · 16:2510:14 · 22:36

Sat 7

FlatToo small

0.9ft

7-12°6kt ENE, gusts 9

04:50 · 17:0810:55 · 23:13

Sun 8

FlatToo small

0.7ft

6-11°7kt NE, gusts 10

05:29 · 17:4511:31 · 23:46

Mon 9

PoorToo small

1.0ft

6-9°14kt ENE, gusts 27

06:05 · 18:2012:04

Tue 10

PoorToo small

1.2ft

8-11°15kt ENE, gusts 28

06:38 · 18:5300:18 · 12:36

Wed 11

MehToo small

2.0ft

10s

11-14°8kt ENE, gusts 15

07:10 · 19:2500:49 · 13:08

The beach

Southerndown

Southerndown sits on the Vale of Glamorgan run. Swell, wind and tide for this beach and the neighbours, so you can pick a peak before you leave the car park. Today is Cloud, 11°, 7kt E, gusts 11.

Scenic limestone-backed beach that picks up west and south-west swell wrapping into the Bristol Channel.

Tide window is everything here. Too high and it is on the pebbles; too low and it can die.

Faces SW. Best swell SSW-W. Level: intermediate. Crowd: average.

On the sand

Before you paddle out at Southerndown

Parking

Vale of Glamorgan Cymlau/Clifftop and Brig-Y-Don, charging 07:00-22:00 (first hour free). Cars: 2 hours £2.10, 4 hours £4.20, 6 hours £6.30, all day £8.40.

Hire & lessons

Southerndown Surf School’s site was unreachable (SSL error) at research, so it is not listed as live. Nearest verified school and hire: Porthcawl Surf at Rest Bay.

Porthcawl Surf School (Rest Bay)

Vibe

Vale council: locals and thousands of visitors, fossils, rock pools, café and toilets, Heritage Coast and family more than a sourced contest or longboard scene.

Access & hazards

Met Office Southerndown: high risk of rips. RNLI listing exists for Southerndown Beach. Vale notes activities “when the tide is in”, the sand shrinks at high water.

Sources Vale coastal car parking · Dunraven Bay · Met Office Southerndown · RNLI Southerndown

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