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Todays Porth Neigwl (Hell's Mouth) Surf Report:
06/01/2009: 8.35am:

This morning
we have clean waves which look to be up to about chest high in the middle with a faint cross offshore breeze. Hard frost, but a beautiful morning down at the beach! ... Don't forget that the tide plays an important role in wave quality and size at Porth Neigwl: Click here for details.

High Tide today is at 3.12pm (3.8m)

Surf Forecast For the rest of the day:
We are expecting clean waves through the day.

Outlook For Surf:
There should still be waves on Wednesday though its looking smaller than today and the breeze may be light and onshore. Waves are also likely on Thursday and Friday with the breeze perhaps heading more in an offshore direction again. At the moment there looks like an increase in swell for the weekend, however wind direction is uncertain, as there is a difference between the main forecast models (Met Office / GFS & ECMWF).

Latest Met Office Inshore Waters Forecast:
06/01/09: 24hr forecast issued at 7.00am
Wind East becoming variable then west, 3 or 4.
Sea state Smooth or slight.
Weather Fair.
Visibility Good.
Outlook: 0600 Wed 07 Jan 0600 Thu 08 Jan
Wind Variable mainly westerly, 3 or 4.
Sea state Smooth or slight.
Weather Mainly fair.
Visibility Moderate or good.

Weather Forecast For Abersoch:
For the latest weather forecast for Abersoch - visit the Abersoch.co.uk weather forecast page.

Current Conditions In Abersoch:
Click here to view live weather data from our weather station.

Abersoch Webcams:
Click here to view other webcams in the Abersoch area.



Spout's Surf Blog & Forecast:
For the latest update.... click here

 


Latest Shop News:

- (31/12/2008): January Sale - check out some great deals on winter wetsuits in the shop for the first week of January. Crazy deals on this winters Rip Curl
wetsuits and 20% other brands including C Skins and Hurley.

- (12/12/2008): The popular O'Shea Hells's Mouth Hoodies are now back in stock in 3 colourways (brown, black or navy) and a full size break. They are only £34.99 and are available in the shop and and online.

- (04/11/2008): Wales' one and only Rip Curl H Bomb has arrived in the shop as a test centre suit. Its a 4/3 hooded H Bomb and looks very impressive and we'll post more news once its been in the water. They are not cheap, thats for sure- but a very clever bit of wetsuit technology and are available to order online here ....

- (25/10/2008): Si Turner wins the surf comp - click here for report and photos..

- (23/10/2008): Check out the O'Shea epoxy composite Surfboards (very similar to Tufflites) - now £100 off in the shop!

- (23/10/2008): The new winter 2008/9 Hurley hooded 5mm and 6mm winter suits are now in stock. They look very impressive with an innovative thermal lining. They are in the shop and should be online soon.

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(15/10/2008): Special Offer on hire boards and suits. Now only £5 per day for a board and £5 per day for a winter wetsuit. If you are a student, you get 20% off these rates on production of a union card. Click here for our conditions of hire.


 

Other Useful Surf Forecasting Resources - NOAA


Wind Guru


Surface Pressure Charts:

Click on the images below for a larger view of these charts issued by the Met Office, ECMWF & GFS.

6am Analytical
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ECMWF 72hr
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GFS Current
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Wave Buoy Data:

Station 62094: M5 South East (Just off the SE coast of Ireland and in our wave window) - click here
Station 62301: Aberporth Buoy (SW Wales) - click here

 

         


Surf Hire & Safety:

- West Coast Surf Shop has a very large hire fleet of warm 5mm wetsuits and surfboards and operates under the BSA / RNLI Surf Hire Safety Scheme. Click here for details on how to hire and the equipment available.


- For information on our BSA Level 3 Surf School - click here.

- For our current Demo board fleet - click here.

 

Other Surf Forecasting / Report / Useful Links:

- West Coast Surf Gallery
- Abersoch Weather Station
- Latest Local Video Surf Report
- Met. Office
- a1surf.com - lots of surf reports etc
- BBC Surfing Wales
- abersoch.co.uk - local Abersoch webcams
- national data buoy centre
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magicseaweed.com - surf resource site
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coldswell.com - uk surf report site