Français

Brean kitesurf and landkite spot

United Kingdom · England

Spot currently openAdvanced level 51.3 | -3.01

Overview

Brean is a long sandy beach in Somerset, on the Bristol Channel, south of Weston-super-Mare. Huge and flat beach with an extreme tidal range. The spot faces west towards Wales. Brean Down (headland) provides a spectacular natural landmark.
Suggest an edit

Spot forecast for Brean

Sunrise 07:44 · Sunset 18:09

Open-Meteo

Premium weather models. Get the professional models (ECMWF, GFS, ICON, MeteoSwiss…) and a 16-day forecast. Without a subscription: Open-Meteo over 5 days.

Go Premium

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

Forecasts provided by Open-Meteo

Swell and waves

Swell and tides over 8 days. Premium members see the swell and tides over 8 days. Without a subscription: 5 days.

Go Premium

Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

Swell data by Open-Meteo Marine

Tides

Heights above lowest astronomical tide, in the spot's local time. Computed 3.7 km from the spot.

6:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:00Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24 Now01:418.2 m07:494.4 m14:258.4 m20:314.3 m03:088.3 m09:044.3 m15:468.8 m21:464 m04:228.9 m10:163.8 m16:499.6 m22:533.2 m05:189.8 m11:193 m17:4010.5 m23:492.4 m06:0510.8 m12:122.2 m18:2511.4 m
  • Tuesday 20 October High tide · 8.2 m Low tide · 4.4 m High tide · 8.4 m Low tide · 4.3 m
  • Wednesday 21 October High tide · 8.3 m Low tide · 4.3 m High tide · 8.8 m Low tide · 4 m
  • Thursday 22 October High tide · 8.9 m Low tide · 3.8 m High tide · 9.6 m Low tide · 3.2 m
  • Friday 23 October High tide · 9.8 m Low tide · 3 m High tide · 10.5 m Low tide · 2.4 m
  • Saturday 24 October High tide · 10.8 m Low tide · 2.2 m High tide · 11.4 m

Brean: 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

392h

in July · 30.5 rideable days

The season runs from May to August, peaking in July: 27 rideable days a month and 392 hours of usable wind, at 20 °C. The low point is November, at 15.5 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 40 January: 18.5 rideable days J February: 17 rideable days F March: 17 rideable days M April: 18 rideable days A May: 23.5 rideable days M June: 28 rideable days J July: 30.5 rideable days30.5 d J August: 26.5 rideable days A September: 20 rideable days S October: 17 rideable days O November: 15.5 rideable days15.5 d N December: 19 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 40 January: 18.5 rideable days J February: 17 rideable days F March: 17 rideable days M April: 18 rideable days A May: 23.5 rideable days M June: 28 rideable days J July: 30.5 rideable days30.5 d J August: 26.5 rideable days A September: 20 rideable days S October: 17 rideable days O November: 15.5 rideable days15.5 d N December: 19 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 49%13-20 knots · 45%21-30 knots · 6%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 49% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 7 °C. The wettest month is September, with 143 mm.

Monthly averages: Brean
Monthly averages — Brean — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 18.5 148 h 7 °C 87 mm
February 17.0 170 h 9 °C 107 mm
March 17.0 147 h 11 °C 70 mm
April 18.0 190 h 14 °C 55 mm
May 23.5 245 h 18 °C 62 mm
June 28.0 410 h 19 °C 48 mm
July 30.5 392 h 20 °C 47 mm
August 26.5 335 h 21 °C 26 mm
September 20.0 209 h 17 °C 143 mm
October 17.0 149 h 15 °C 95 mm
November 15.5 131 h 11 °C 102 mm
December 19.0 162 h 9 °C 70 mm

Photo gallery of Brean

This spot is waiting for its first images

Ridden here? One photo or video, and the spot comes alive for everyone discovering it.

Technical details of Brean spot

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

The spot works with winds from SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW.

Depending on conditions: N, S, NNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable
Spot opening date · Required level
Spot opening date
Open all year round
Required level
Advanced
Parking
Parking on the beach (motorised access possible at low tide). Brean Leisure Park car parks.
Hazards
Extreme tidal range of the Bristol Channel — very fast and dangerous rising tide. Soft sand and mud. Violent tidal currents. Vehicles on the beach. Brean Down with strong currents around the headland.

Something out of date? Suggest an edit

Live

FW7989 Brent Knoll UK6.5 kmsource madis - NOAA

Readings reserved for Premium members

Live readings from FW7989 Brent Knoll UK weather station are reserved for Premium members.

  • Real-time readings
  • Last 48 hours history
  • Custom alerts
  • Extended weather forecasts
Discover Premium

Already a Premium member? Log in

Additional stations

  • Weston Bay5.1 km

    Readings reserved for Premium members

    source channelcoast

  • Penarth18.2 km

    Readings reserved for Premium members

    source channelcoast

All the details of your session on windtracker.app

Webcams near Brean

Webcams provided by Windy.com

Nearby spots

All spots: England

Comments 0

No comments yet.

    Log in to comment

    Suggest a photo

    Accepted formats: JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC. 10 MB at most per photo.

    Suggest a video

    Your video suggestion will be reviewed by our team before being published. Thank you for your contribution!

    Paste the URL of your video from YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, etc.

    Suggest sports for this spot

    Select the sports you think are practiced at this spot:

    Your proposal will be reviewed by our team before publication.

    Sports practiced

    Select all sports available at this spot

    Menu

    Explore

    Log in Sign up Français