Llanelli kitesurf and wingfoil spot

United Kingdom · Wales

Spot currently openIntermediate level 51.67 | -4.18

Overview

Llanelli is a spot on the Burry Inlet estuary in Carmarthenshire. The estuarine body of water offers flat water conditions in south and south-west winds. Millennium Coastal Park with cycle path. Watch out for sandbanks and tides.
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Spot forecast for Llanelli

Sunrise 07:49 · Sunset 18:13

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

Next tides

  • High tide · 5.7 m
  • Low tide · 3.5 m
  • High tide · 6 m
  • Low tide · 3.3 m

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Llanelli: 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

280h

in June · 23.5 rideable days

The season runs from March to June, peaking in June: 23 rideable days a month and 280 hours of usable wind, at 15 °C. The low point is November, at 17 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 January: 17.5 rideable days J February: 20.5 rideable days F March: 23 rideable days M April: 22.5 rideable days A May: 23 rideable days M June: 23.5 rideable days23.5 d J July: 20.5 rideable days J August: 26.5 rideable days A September: 20 rideable days S October: 19.5 rideable days O November: 17 rideable days17 d N December: 20.5 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 January: 17.5 rideable days J February: 20.5 rideable days F March: 23 rideable days M April: 22.5 rideable days A May: 23 rideable days M June: 23.5 rideable days23.5 d J July: 20.5 rideable days J August: 26.5 rideable days A September: 20 rideable days S October: 19.5 rideable days O November: 17 rideable days17 d N December: 20.5 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 59%13-20 knots · 37%21-30 knots · 4%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 59% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 8 °C. The wettest month is September, with 178 mm.

Monthly averages: Llanelli
Monthly averages — Llanelli — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 17.5 129 h 8 °C 121 mm
February 20.5 207 h 9 °C 161 mm
March 23.0 239 h 11 °C 120 mm
April 22.5 241 h 14 °C 129 mm
May 23.0 211 h 17 °C 72 mm
June 23.5 280 h 18 °C 69 mm
July 20.5 195 h 19 °C 46 mm
August 26.5 295 h 20 °C 79 mm
September 20.0 176 h 17 °C 178 mm
October 19.5 184 h 15 °C 131 mm
November 17.0 144 h 11 °C 142 mm
December 20.5 161 h 9 °C 154 mm

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Technical details of Llanelli spot

N: Not rideable NNE: Not rideable NE: Not rideable ENE: Depending on conditions E: Rideable ESE: Rideable SE: Rideable SSE: Rideable S: Rideable SSW: Rideable SW: Depending on conditions WSW: Depending on conditions W: Not rideable WNW: Not rideable NW: Not rideable NNW: Not rideable N E S W

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

Depending on conditions: ENE, SW, WSW.

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FW9390 Swansea UK13.8 kmsource madis - NOAA

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