Overview

Aberavon Beach is a long sandy beach in Port Talbot, facing south-west towards the Bristol Channel. A 3 km urban beach with a seafront promenade. Regular conditions in south-west winds. An accessible spot but with an industrial backdrop (Port Talbot steelworks in the background).

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Spot forecast for aberavon

Sunrise 07:48 · Sunset 18:12

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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 4.4 km from the spot.

Tuesday 20 October High tide 01:34 · 6.3 m Low tide 07:47 · 3.7 m High tide 14:31 · 6.6 m Low tide 20:31 · 3.5 m
Wednesday 21 October High tide 03:16 · 6.6 m Low tide 09:00 · 3.4 m High tide 15:46 · 7.1 m Low tide 21:40 · 3.1 m
Thursday 22 October High tide 04:16 · 7.2 m Low tide 10:05 · 2.9 m High tide 16:37 · 7.8 m Low tide 22:38 · 2.5 m
Friday 23 October High tide 05:02 · 7.9 m Low tide 10:59 · 2.3 m High tide 17:20 · 8.5 m Low tide 23:26 · 1.9 m
Saturday 24 October High tide 05:42 · 8.6 m Low tide 11:46 · 1.7 m High tide 17:59 · 9.1 m

aberavon: 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

316h

in August · 27 rideable days

The season runs from May to August, peaking in August: 25 rideable days a month and 316 hours of usable wind, at 19 °C. The low point is December, at 16.5 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 65%13-20 knots · 32%21-30 knots · 3%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 65% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 8 °C. The wettest month is September, with 195 mm.

Monthly averages: aberavon

Monthly averages — aberavon — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	18.5	138 h	8 °C	111 mm
February	21.0	212 h	9 °C	160 mm
March	22.5	218 h	11 °C	109 mm
April	21.0	222 h	14 °C	121 mm
May	24.5	231 h	17 °C	80 mm
June	25.0	308 h	18 °C	64 mm
July	24.0	223 h	20 °C	55 mm
August	27.0	316 h	20 °C	81 mm
September	18.0	193 h	17 °C	195 mm
October	22.5	203 h	15 °C	124 mm
November	17.0	147 h	11 °C	123 mm
December	16.5	148 h	9 °C	167 mm

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Technical details of aberavon spot

The spot works with winds from ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW.

Depending on conditions: E, W.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

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

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