What is the surf like at Southerndown today?

This morning at Southerndown: 1.4ft swell, cloud, 15°, 2kt NNW. 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 Thu 24: fun, 2.3ft.

How is the Southerndown surf report scored?

Open-Meteo supplies swell, wind and weather on a three-hour 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

Today · Tue 22 Sept · 04:20

Quality

Flat

Swell

1.4ft

Tide

16:3310:13

Weather

15°2kt NNW

6-day surf report

Updated Tue 22 Sept 04:20

Rest Bay

Now · Tue 22

Flat

1.4ft

15–19°2kt NNW

16:3310:13

Wed 23

Poor

2.6ft

11–18°7kt NNW

17:2611:13

Thu 24

Fun

2.3ft

10–19°9kt NE

18:0611:54

Fri 25

Fun

3.8ft

12–19°4kt NNW

18:4112:28

Sat 26

Fun

3.0ft

9–18°1kt NE

07:0013:00

Sun 27

Poor

3.8ft

8–18°6kt S

07:3313:32

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, 15°, 2kt NNW.

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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