Overview

Pendine Sands is a huge 11 km hard sand beach in Carmarthenshire, famous for the land speed records of the 1920s. Facing south towards Carmarthen Bay, the beach offers enormous space for kitesurfing and landkiting. Conditions in south and south-west winds.

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Spot forecast for Pendine

Sunrise 07:51 · 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 6.2 km from the spot.

Tuesday 20 October High tide 01:17 · 5.6 m Low tide 07:45 · 3.4 m High tide 14:21 · 5.9 m Low tide 20:38 · 3.3 m
Wednesday 21 October High tide 03:14 · 5.8 m Low tide 09:06 · 3.2 m High tide 15:43 · 6.3 m Low tide 21:47 · 2.9 m
Thursday 22 October High tide 04:14 · 6.4 m Low tide 10:09 · 2.7 m High tide 16:33 · 6.9 m Low tide 22:41 · 2.3 m
Friday 23 October High tide 04:57 · 7 m Low tide 10:59 · 2.2 m High tide 17:14 · 7.4 m Low tide 23:25 · 1.7 m
Saturday 24 October High tide 05:36 · 7.6 m Low tide 11:43 · 1.6 m High tide 17:51 · 8 m

Pendine: 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

239h

in March · 23.5 rideable days

The season runs from February to April, peaking in March: 22 rideable days a month and 239 hours of usable wind, at 11 °C. The low point is July, at 16.5 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 44%13-20 knots · 46%21-30 knots · 9%31+ knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 13 and 20 knots — 46% of rideable hours. That is the most versatile range, where most kites work. The coldest month is January, at 7 °C. The wettest month is September, with 184 mm.

Monthly averages: Pendine

Monthly averages — Pendine — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	18.0	143 h	7 °C	131 mm
February	22.0	209 h	8 °C	168 mm
March	23.5	239 h	11 °C	129 mm
April	21.0	235 h	13 °C	159 mm
May	20.0	193 h	17 °C	67 mm
June	24.0	264 h	17 °C	75 mm
July	16.5	188 h	19 °C	55 mm
August	25.0	292 h	19 °C	77 mm
September	18.0	175 h	16 °C	184 mm
October	20.0	193 h	14 °C	136 mm
November	20.5	174 h	11 °C	154 mm
December	19.0	155 h	9 °C	168 mm

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Technical details of Pendine 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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