Overview

Poppit Sands is a sandy beach at the mouth of the River Teifi, on the border between Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. Northwest-facing, the beach marks the start (or end) of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. Conditions with northwest and westerly winds.

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Spot forecast for Poppit Sands

Sunrise 07:52 · Sunset 18:14

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

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Tides

Heights above lowest astronomical tide, in the spot's local time. Computed 4.2 km from the spot.

Tuesday 20 October High tide 02:57 · 2.8 m Low tide 09:08 · 2 m High tide 16:19 · 3.1 m Low tide 22:15 · 1.9 m
Wednesday 21 October High tide 05:21 · 3 m Low tide 10:23 · 1.9 m High tide 17:26 · 3.4 m Low tide 23:22 · 1.6 m
Thursday 22 October High tide 05:57 · 3.3 m Low tide 11:26 · 1.6 m High tide 18:01 · 3.7 m
Friday 23 October Low tide 00:11 · 1.3 m High tide 06:26 · 3.6 m Low tide 12:17 · 1.3 m High tide 18:33 · 4 m
Saturday 24 October Low tide 00:52 · 1 m High tide 06:56 · 4 m Low tide 13:01 · 1.1 m High tide 19:06 · 4.3 m

Poppit Sands: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

335h

in June · 26.5 rideable days

The season runs from May to August, peaking in June: 25 rideable days a month and 335 hours of usable wind, at 18 °C. The low point is October, at 14.5 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 70%13-20 knots · 28%21-30 knots · 2%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 70% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 7 °C. The wettest month is January, with 154 mm.

Monthly averages: Poppit Sands

Monthly averages — Poppit Sands — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	16.5	130 h	7 °C	154 mm
February	18.0	168 h	9 °C	123 mm
March	15.5	155 h	11 °C	95 mm
April	15.5	179 h	13 °C	150 mm
May	23.5	248 h	16 °C	52 mm
June	26.5	335 h	17 °C	64 mm
July	24.0	275 h	19 °C	55 mm
August	25.5	286 h	20 °C	49 mm
September	18.5	199 h	16 °C	107 mm
October	14.5	141 h	14 °C	109 mm
November	14.5	117 h	11 °C	139 mm
December	15.5	133 h	9 °C	150 mm

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Technical details of Poppit Sands spot

The spot works with winds from N, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

Depending on conditions: NNE, SSW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

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