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Today at Llanrhystud Beach: Good for canoeing — 79/100 for expert level. Wind 4 kn E · Tide -1.0 to 0.1 m. Best window around 01:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Llanrhystud Beach: 0.4m waves with light offshore wind. E-Foiling looks Excellent in the morning, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 15°C / 59°F.
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Llanrhystud Beach faces W, open to the prevailing swell and wind. For canoeing that is the hard direction: expect the surface to be workable only when the forecast genuinely drops, not on an average day.
Today's wind is offshore at 4 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for canoeing.
Over the published window Llanrhystud Beach clears 60/100 for canoeing at every ability from Beginner to Expert — an unusually broad spot, which normally means a range of conditions rather than one narrow sweet spot. Today, 5 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Llanrhystud Beach ranks 2nd for canoeing. The order changes by discipline: the same conditions that put a spot top for one sport can drop it down the list for another.
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Most apps run a single global model at 9–25 km. We blend regional NWP from national meteorological offices at 1.3–2 km — UK Met Office UKV, Météo-France AROME HD, ItaliaMeteo ICON-2I — with ECMWF IFS for the 8-day horizon. Finer resolution means the sea breeze, cliff funnelling and bay shadowing that changes everything for a session.
A nearshore wave model propagates the spectrum across the bathymetric mesh — modelling refraction, shoaling, dissipation, focusing and breaking as it goes. Most apps stop at swell + wind. We go further.
10 sport models × 4 ability levels weight wave height, period, wind, tide and breaking conditions differently — calibrated against ridden sessions so the scores mean what they say.
A quiet, largely undeveloped kilometre of mixed sand and pebble on a heritage coastline, facing west-north-west into open Atlantic swell and westerly winds. A shingle bank at high tide gives way to a wide sandy beach at low tide, the easier window for entry and exit. Used for swimming, windsurfing, and opportunistic surfing over a sandy bottom, with no reef hazards documented. No lifeguard cover or watersports infrastructure; dogs permitted year-round.
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Wind at Llanrhystud Beach today: 4 kn E (gusting 12 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects canoeing conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
Waves at Llanrhystud Beach today: 0.4 m, 13 s period from S, mushy character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
The best window for canoeing at Llanrhystud Beach today is around 19:00 UTC, when conditions score 76/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Llanrhystud Beach scores 82/100 today for surfing — Excellent. A score of 65–79 is Good for a beginner; 80+ is Excellent (90+ is Epic!); below 45 the session is usually not worth it. 4Shor scores every location across Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert levels.
Llanrhystud Beach is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling, E-Foiling, Paddleboarding, Swimming, Kayaking, Canoeing in the 4Shor forecast system. Conditions are rated Beginner through Expert for each sport, updated every hour, so you always know whether the session is worth the drive.
Llanrhystud Beach is a coastal location near Llanrhystud in United Kingdom. It is one of more than 2,500 European water-sport locations scored daily by 4Shor.
4Shor's ShorSense™ system combines satellite-derived seafloor mapping, nearshore wave models, wind and tide data to generate a hyper-local forecast. At Llanrhystud Beach, conditions are scored hourly on a 0–100 scale for each sport and ability level. A score of 80+ means Excellent (90+ Epic!); 65–79 is Good; below 45 the session is usually not worth the drive.
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