Overview

Coney Beach (Traeth y Cwningen) is a sandy beach in Porthcawl, facing south towards the Bristol Channel. An accessible urban spot with an adjacent amusement park. Very large tidal range — huge beach at low tide but reduced at high tide.

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Spot forecast for coney beach

Sunrise 07:47 · Sunset 18:11

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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 4.5 km from the spot.

Monday 19 October Low tide 06:31 · 3.7 m High tide 12:42 · 6.9 m Low tide 19:13 · 3.8 m
Tuesday 20 October High tide 01:40 · 6.7 m Low tide 07:44 · 3.8 m High tide 14:30 · 7 m Low tide 20:28 · 3.7 m
Wednesday 21 October High tide 03:14 · 6.9 m Low tide 08:58 · 3.6 m High tide 15:45 · 7.4 m Low tide 21:38 · 3.3 m
Thursday 22 October High tide 04:16 · 7.5 m Low tide 10:05 · 3.1 m High tide 16:38 · 8.1 m Low tide 22:38 · 2.6 m
Friday 23 October High tide 05:03 · 8.3 m Low tide 11:01 · 2.4 m High tide 17:22 · 8.8 m Low tide 23:28 · 2 m

coney beach: 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

259h

in April · 24.5 rideable days

The spot works year-round: 22 rideable days a month on average, at 14 °C. It peaks in April, with 259 hours of usable wind.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 62%13-20 knots · 35%21-30 knots · 3%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 62% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 8 °C. The wettest month is September, with 155 mm.

Monthly averages: coney beach

Monthly averages — coney beach — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	19.0	150 h	8 °C	98 mm
February	22.5	215 h	9 °C	147 mm
March	23.0	246 h	11 °C	84 mm
April	24.5	259 h	14 °C	102 mm
May	23.5	241 h	17 °C	60 mm
June	22.5	213 h	18 °C	70 mm
July	19.5	156 h	20 °C	64 mm
August	24.0	255 h	20 °C	51 mm
September	20.5	203 h	17 °C	155 mm
October	20.0	195 h	15 °C	115 mm
November	20.0	169 h	11 °C	104 mm
December	21.0	193 h	9 °C	126 mm

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Technical details of coney beach spot

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

Depending on conditions: ENE, SW, WSW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

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

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