South Wales · faces SW

Aberavon

Updated Sun 11 Oct, 19:36

The breakwater at the mouth of the River Afan shapes this sandy beach break, with long lefts, short rights and the odd clean A-frame. Off the breakwater the lefts are steep and powerful, and hollow at low tide on the right swell. Mid tide is best, as backwash off the breakwater spoils the line-up at high. It suits intermediates and up on a shortboard. It’s powerful, rippy and crowded, with a competitive local crew.

BreakSwell windowScarweather WaveNet, 20km SSWLatest buoy reading, Sun 19:00:2.6ft at 7.4sWSW 252°sea 17.5°CEvery spot on the mapMap © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap contributors

Day	Surf	Swell	Wind mph
MonMonday12 Oct	1–2ft	2.8ft8sSW	7–14 crosscross-shore
TueTuesday13 Oct	3ft	7.0ft5sWSW	17ggusts 32 cross-oncross-onshore
WedWednesday14 Oct	2ft	2.8ft8sWSW	10ggusts 14 ononshore
ThuThursday15 Oct	3ft	5.9ft8sWSW	10–16ggusts 21 ononshore
FriFriday16 Oct	2–3ft	5.1ft8sWSW	9ggusts 16 crosscross-shore
SatSaturday17 Oct	1–2ft	3.0ft8sW	6ggusts 12 cross-offcross-offshore
SunSunday18 Oct	1ft	1.5ft8sW	7ggusts 13 offoffshore
MonMonday19 Oct	Flat	0.7ft6sWSW	9ggusts 21 offoffshore
TueTuesday20 Oct	Flat	1.0ft11sW	5–15ggusts 16 offoffshore
WedWednesday21 Oct	1ft	1.1ft11sWSW	8ggusts 9 offoffshore

Squares rate the day in four parts, early → evening. Stars, surf, swell and wind are for the day's best two hours in a row still to come, from the weaker of the two; each day is hour by hour below.

During the day, early → evening
Good — waves, clean surface
Fair — small or choppy
Poor — flat or blown out
Stars out of 5; faded ones are lost to the wind
Wind clean, choppy or blown out; g is gusts
Swell period 12s groundswell, 6s windswell

Monday 12 Oct

Up to 2ft · sea 17.1°C

LW 01:52 −4.3m
HW 08:01 +4.2m
LW 14:07 −4.2m
HW 20:17 +4.0m
Sunrise 07:34
Sunset 18:28

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1–2ft	2.8ft7sSW	9–17ggusts 22 crosscross-shore	+1.8m ↑ high	16°C
fair	09:00	1–2ft	2.8ft8sSW	9ggusts 14 crosscross-shore	+3.5m ↓ high	16°C
fair	12:00	2ft	2.9ft9sSW	4–11ggusts 14 ononshore	−2.2m ↓ low	17°C
fair	15:00	2ft	3.0ft9sSW	5–13ggusts 15 ononshore	−3.8m ↑ low	17°C
fair	18:00	2ft	3.1ft8sSW	5–13ggusts 17 ononshore	+1.3m ↑ mid	17°C
fair	21:00	2ft	3.1ft8sSW	4–12ggusts 13 cross-oncross-onshore	+3.7m ↓ high	17°C

Waves: DWD EWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Tuesday 13 Oct

Up to 3ft · sea 17.1°C

LW 02:24 −4.1m
HW 08:32 +3.9m
LW 14:39 −4.2m
HW 20:49 +3.5m
Sunrise 07:36
Sunset 18:26

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	2–3ft	5.3ft5sSW	16–23ggusts 29 ononshore	+0.6m ↑ mid	17°C
poor	09:00	3ft	5.6ft7sSW	15ggusts 24 cross-oncross-onshore	+3.7m ↓ high	16°C
poor	12:00	2–3ft	4.1ft8sSW3.4ft5sWSW	17ggusts 25 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.4m ↓ mid	17°C
poor	15:00	2–3ft	3.8ft8sSW3.3ft4sWSW	18ggusts 25 cross-oncross-onshore	−4.1m ↑ low	17°C
poor	18:00	2–3ft	3.9ft8sSW	14ggusts 22 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.0m ↑ mid	16°C
fair	21:00	2ft	3.6ft8sSW	8ggusts 14 cross-oncross-onshore	+3.5m ↓ high	14°C

Waves: DWD EWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Wednesday 14 Oct

Up to 2–3ft · sea 17°C

LW 02:54 −4.0m
HW 09:07 +3.4m
LW 15:09 −3.7m
HW 21:19 +3.1m
Sunrise 07:38
Sunset 18:24

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	2ft	2.9ft8sWSW	5–12 ononshore	−0.5m ↑ mid	12°C
fair	09:00	2ft	2.8ft8sWSW	7–14ggusts 16 ononshore	+3.4m ↑ high	14°C
poor	12:00	2ft	2.9ft8sSW	10–19 ononshore	−0.2m ↓ mid	16°C
poor	15:00	2ft	3.3ft7sSW2.2ft3sSW	11–18ggusts 24 ononshore	−3.7m ↓ low	17°C
poor	18:00	2–3ft	3.1ft8sWSW3.0ft4sSW	11–17ggusts 22 ononshore	−0.8m ↑ mid	16°C
poor	21:00	2–3ft	4.1ft8sWSW2.9ft5sWSW	11–17ggusts 22 ononshore	+3.1m ↑ high	15°C

Waves: DWD EWAM, Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Thursday 15 Oct

Up to 3–4ft · sea 16.9°C

LW 03:23 −3.4m
HW 09:33 +3.0m
LW 15:42 −3.3m
HW 21:48 +2.6m
Sunrise 07:39
Sunset 18:22

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	3ft	5.6ft8sWSW	12ggusts 21 ononshore	−1.1m ↑ mid	15°C
poor	09:00	3ft	6.1ft8sWSW	11–17ggusts 23 ononshore	+2.8m ↑ high	16°C
poor	12:00	3–4ft	6.1ft8sWSW	15ggusts 25 ononshore	+0.7m ↓ mid	17°C
poor	15:00	3–4ft	6.2ft9sW	13ggusts 25 ononshore	−3.1m ↓ low	18°C
fair	18:00	3–4ft	6.5ft9sW	9–15ggusts 19 ononshore	−1.5m ↑ low	17°C
poor	21:00	3–4ft	6.8ft8sWSW	9–19ggusts 20 ononshore	+2.3m ↑ high	16°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Friday 16 Oct

Up to 2–3ft · sea 16.8°C

LW 03:54 −3.0m
HW 10:00 +2.4m
LW 16:16 −3.0m
HW 22:22 +1.9m
Sunrise 07:41
Sunset 18:20

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	2–3ft	5.3ft8sWSW	7–13ggusts 16 crosscross-shore	−1.7m ↑ low	12°C
fair	09:00	2–3ft	5.0ft8sWSW	10ggusts 16 crosscross-shore	+2.0m ↑ high	12°C
fair	12:00	2–3ft	4.7ft9sWSW	9–18ggusts 19 crosscross-shore	+1.0m ↓ high	14°C
fair	15:00	2–3ft	4.3ft9sWSW	11–18ggusts 22 cross-offcross-offshore	−2.6m ↓ low	15°C
fair	18:00	2–3ft	4.3ft8sWSW	11ggusts 20 cross-offcross-offshore	−2.2m ↑ low	12°C
good	21:00	2–3ft	4.2ft8sW	8ggusts 15 cross-offcross-offshore	+1.3m ↑ high	9°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Saturday 17 Oct

Up to 2ft · sea 16.7°C

LW 04:38 −2.7m
HW 10:38 +1.7m
LW 17:03 −2.6m
HW 23:00 +1.4m
Sunrise 07:43
Sunset 18:18

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
good	06:00	2ft	3.3ft8sW	6ggusts 10 cross-offcross-offshore	−2.2m ↑ low	7°C
good	09:00	1–2ft	3.0ft8sW	6ggusts 12 cross-offcross-offshore	+1.0m ↑ high	9°C
good	12:00	1–2ft	2.8ft8sW	6ggusts 12 offoffshore	+1.2m ↓ high	13°C
good	15:00	1–2ft	2.6ft8sW	6ggusts 12 cross-offcross-offshore	−1.7m ↓ low	13°C
good	18:00	1–2ft	2.4ft8sW	6ggusts 12 cross-offcross-offshore	−2.4m ↑ low	10°C
good	21:00	1ft	2.2ft8sW	6ggusts 11 offoffshore	+0.4m ↑ high	8°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Sunday 18 Oct

Up to 1ft · sea 16.5°C

LW 05:27 −2.4m
HW 11:23 +1.2m
LW 18:02 −2.3m
HW 23:53 +0.8m
Sunrise 07:44
Sunset 18:16

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1ft	1.6ft8sW	7ggusts 12 offoffshore	−2.3m ↑ low	8°C
fair	09:00	1ft	1.4ft8sW	2–9ggusts 14 cross-offcross-offshore	+0.0m ↑ high	10°C
poor	12:00	Flat	1.3ft8sW	7–14ggusts 19 cross-offcross-offshore	+1.1m ↓ high	13°C
poor	15:00	Flat	1.2ft8sW	12ggusts 22 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.8m ↓ mid	13°C
poor	18:00	Flat	1.1ft7sW	12ggusts 22 cross-offcross-offshore	−2.3m ↓ low	13°C
poor	21:00	Flat	0.9ft7sW	12ggusts 22 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.6m ↑ mid	12°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Monday 19 Oct

Flat · sea 16.4°C

LW 06:28 −2.1m
HW 12:33 +0.9m
LW 19:13 −2.0m
Sunrise 07:46
Sunset 18:13

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	Flat	0.7ft6sWSW	9ggusts 21 offoffshore	−2.1m ↓ low	11°C
poor	09:00	Flat	0.7ft6sWSW0.3ft12sSW	10ggusts 22 offoffshore	−0.9m ↑ mid	12°C
poor	12:00	Flat	0.3ft15sW	4–14ggusts 21 offoffshore	+0.8m ↑ high	14°C
poor	15:00	Flat	0.5ft14sW	3–13ggusts 21 offoffshore	+0.2m ↓ high	14°C
poor	18:00	Flat	0.6ft14sW	4–11ggusts 22 offoffshore	−1.7m ↓ low	14°C
poor	21:00	Flat	0.9ft7sSSW	6–12ggusts 22 offoffshore	−1.4m ↑ low	13°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Tuesday 20 Oct

Flat · sea 16.3°C

HW 01:30 +0.7m
LW 07:45 −2.0m
HW 14:26 +0.9m
LW 20:31 −2.1m
Sunrise 07:48
Sunset 18:11

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	Flat	1.0ft11sW	6–15ggusts 18 offoffshore	−1.4m ↓ low	10°C
poor	09:00	Flat	1.0ft11sW	4–16 offoffshore	−1.6m ↑ low	11°C
poor	12:00	Flat	1.0ft10sW	2–16 cross-offcross-offshore	+0.3m ↑ high	13°C
poor	15:00	Flat	1.0ft10sW	6–14ggusts 17 offoffshore	+0.9m ↓ high	14°C
poor	18:00	Flat	1.0ft10sW	9ggusts 16 offoffshore	−0.9m ↓ mid	13°C
poor	21:00	Flat	0.9ft10sW	8ggusts 16 offoffshore	–	13°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, NOAA GFS

Wednesday 21 Oct

Up to 1ft · sea 16.2°C

Sunrise 07:50
Sunset 18:09

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1ft	1.2ft11sWSW	7ggusts 11 offoffshore	No tide forecast this far ahead	11°C
fair	09:00	1ft	1.1ft11sWSW	8ggusts 9 offoffshore		12°C
fair	12:00	1ft	1.1ft11sWSW	6–12 offoffshore		14°C
poor	15:00	Flat	1.0ft11sWSW	7ggusts 19 offoffshore		14°C
poor	18:00	Flat	1.0ft10sWSW	5ggusts 22 offoffshore		13°C
poor	21:00	Flat	1.0ft10sWSW	6ggusts 21 offoffshore		13°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM, NOAA GFS · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, NOAA GFS