Overview

Borth is a long sand and pebble beach on the Cardigan Bay coast, in Ceredigion. West-facing, the 5 km beach offers plenty of space. Famous for its submerged prehistoric forest visible at low tide. Conditions with west and southwest winds.

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Spot forecast for Borth

Sunrise 07:50 · 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 4.9 km from the spot.

Monday 19 October High tide 01:38 · 3.3 m Low tide 08:12 · 2.4 m High tide 14:17 · 3.5 m Low tide 16:04 · 3.4 m High tide 16:50 · 3.4 m Low tide 21:14 · 2.4 m
Tuesday 20 October High tide 05:37 · 3.3 m Low tide 09:23 · 2.4 m High tide 17:49 · 3.7 m
Wednesday 21 October Low tide 00:12 · 2.2 m High tide 06:21 · 3.6 m Low tide 12:14 · 2.3 m High tide 18:26 · 3.9 m
Thursday 22 October Low tide 00:59 · 1.9 m High tide 06:52 · 3.8 m Low tide 13:02 · 2 m High tide 18:50 · 4.2 m
Friday 23 October Low tide 01:35 · 1.6 m High tide 07:12 · 4.1 m Low tide 13:37 · 1.8 m High tide 19:07 · 4.5 m

Borth: 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

376h

in August · 28.5 rideable days

The season runs from February to August, peaking in August: 26 rideable days a month and 376 hours of usable wind, at 15 °C. The low point is January, at 21 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 63%13-20 knots · 33%21-30 knots · 4%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 63% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 7 °C. The wettest month is September, with 151 mm.

Monthly averages: Borth

Monthly averages — Borth — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	21.0	167 h	7 °C	115 mm
February	25.0	268 h	9 °C	127 mm
March	26.0	278 h	11 °C	64 mm
April	25.0	278 h	13 °C	90 mm
May	27.0	294 h	17 °C	56 mm
June	26.5	343 h	17 °C	72 mm
July	25.0	249 h	19 °C	87 mm
August	28.5	376 h	19 °C	54 mm
September	23.5	258 h	16 °C	151 mm
October	24.0	230 h	14 °C	104 mm
November	22.5	176 h	11 °C	120 mm
December	23.5	207 h	9 °C	138 mm

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Technical details of Borth spot

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

Depending on conditions: ENE, E, WNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

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

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