Overview

Black Rock Sands (Morfa Bychan) is a huge hard sand beach on the Cardigan Bay coast, near Porthmadog. One of the few Welsh beaches where you can drive on the sand. Facing south-west, the 3 km beach offers enormous space for kitesurfing. Regular conditions in the prevailing south-west winds. Spectacular views of the Snowdonia mountains.

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Spot forecast for BLACKROCK SANDS

Sunrise 07:52 · Sunset 18:10

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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 3.9 km from the spot.

Tuesday 20 October High tide 05:52 · 3.5 m Low tide 09:24 · 2.6 m High tide 10:53 · 2.6 m Low tide 11:51 · 2.6 m High tide 18:07 · 3.9 m
Wednesday 21 October Low tide 00:37 · 2.3 m High tide 06:36 · 3.8 m Low tide 12:51 · 2.4 m High tide 18:45 · 4.1 m
Thursday 22 October Low tide 01:23 · 2 m High tide 07:10 · 4 m Low tide 13:34 · 2.1 m High tide 19:13 · 4.4 m
Friday 23 October Low tide 02:01 · 1.7 m High tide 07:34 · 4.3 m Low tide 14:10 · 1.8 m High tide 19:29 · 4.7 m
Saturday 24 October Low tide 02:33 · 1.4 m High tide 07:47 · 4.6 m Low tide 14:42 · 1.6 m High tide 19:46 · 5 m

BLACKROCK 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

262h

in March · 25.5 rideable days

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are August, March and February, at 26 rideable days and 13 °C. The low point is November, at 19 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 53%13-20 knots · 40%21-30 knots · 7%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 53% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 7 °C. The wettest month is December, with 189 mm.

Monthly averages: BLACKROCK SANDS

Monthly averages — BLACKROCK 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	20.5	153 h	7 °C	174 mm
February	25.0	240 h	9 °C	136 mm
March	25.5	262 h	11 °C	103 mm
April	22.5	264 h	13 °C	129 mm
May	21.5	213 h	17 °C	73 mm
June	24.5	322 h	17 °C	72 mm
July	22.5	238 h	19 °C	80 mm
August	28.0	373 h	19 °C	87 mm
September	23.0	247 h	16 °C	134 mm
October	23.0	218 h	14 °C	115 mm
November	19.0	152 h	10 °C	160 mm
December	23.5	198 h	9 °C	189 mm

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Technical details of BLACKROCK SANDS spot

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

Depending on conditions: ENE, W, WNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

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

Parking

Car access directly onto the beach (paid in season). Parking also available at the top of the beach. Accessible from Porthmadog.

Hazards

Vehicles on the beach — stay vigilant during kite launching and landing. Tidal currents. Fast incoming tide on this very flat beach. Black Rock rocks at one end.

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