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Today at Three Cliffs Bay: Excellent for paddleboarding — 82/100 for expert level. Wind 9 kn E · Tide -1.9 to 0.9 m. Best window around 06:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Three Cliffs Bay: flat with moderate cross-shore wind. Wing Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with Kite Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 62°F.
Forecast updated · ShorSense™
Today plus the next two days are free for everyone — scored in 3-hour windows, just like the app. The full 8-day forecast lives in the 4Shor app.
Three Cliffs Bay faces S. For paddleboarding how much swell and wind that aspect keeps out matters more than the open-water forecast.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 9 kn. At that strength expect a textured surface for paddleboarding, and the shelter of the bay to matter more than the forecast number.
Over the published window Three Cliffs Bay clears 60/100 for paddleboarding 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, 10 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Three Cliffs Bay is the best of them for paddleboarding — so if you are travelling for it, this is the one.
Satellite-derived bathymetry with 10 m pixels and 10 cm vertical resolution out to ~40 m depth. The shape of the seabed is what determines where and how waves break.
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 remote, south-facing beach enclosed by limestone cliffs, with a stream cutting through dunes to a river-mouth break giving left and right-hand waves. Dangerous rip currents form at the river mouth, especially at high tide, when much of the beach floods, cutting off crossing between its two ends. Swimming and watersports are advised against at all times. RNLI lifeguards patrol seasonally in summer. No car park; a 15-30 minute walk in.
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Wind at Three Cliffs Bay today: 9 kn E (gusting 23 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects paddleboarding 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 Three Cliffs Bay today: 0.1 m, 12 s period from N, flat 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 paddleboarding at Three Cliffs Bay today is around 17:00 UTC, when conditions score 80/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Three Cliffs Bay scores 93/100 today for kite surfing — Epic!. 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.
Three Cliffs Bay 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.
Three Cliffs Bay is a coastal location near Penmaen 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 Three Cliffs Bay, 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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