Beach forecast for Briton Ferry
Today, Thursday, October 29, 2026 · local time (GMT) · Neath Port Talbot, United Kingdom Today, Thu, Oct 29 · GMT- Swimming
- Use care · 3.2 ft
- Water
- 57 °F · very cold
- Max UV
- 1 · SPF 15
- Low tide
- 1:34 am and 1:55 pm
Today, Thursday, October 29, it's not a beach day in Briton Ferry (0/10). Today is the best day of the week.
Beach forecast for the next 7 days
| Day | Rating | Best hours | Swimming | Water | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 0Not a beach day | Not today | Use care · 3.2 ft | 57 °F | 1 |
| Fri 30 | 0Not a beach day | No good window | Use care · 3.1 ft | 57 °F | 2 |
| Sat 31 | 0Not a beach day | No good window | Use care · 3.0 ft | 57 °F | 1 |
| Sun 1 | 0Not a beach day | No good window | Calm · 1.8 ft | 57 °F | 1 |
| Mon 2 | 0Not a beach day | No good window | Calm · 1.0 ft | 56 °F | 1 |
| Tue 3 | 0Not a beach day | No good window | Calm · 0.6 ft | 56 °F | — |
| Wed 4 | 0Not a beach day | No good window | Calm · 1.5 ft | 56 °F | — |
Each rating comes from sun, temperature, rain, wind, waves, UV, water temperature and, where there is one, the tide.
Today in detail
- Cross-shore breeze (10 mph)
- Low tide at 1:55 pm: more sand
- Cloudy (98% cloud cover)
- Feels like 55 °F: chilly for the beach
- Swim with care: 3.2 ft waves every 9 s; moderate rip current risk
- Water at 57 °F (very cold)
Today, hour by hour
- Swimming Use care · 3.2 ft
3.2 ft waves every 9 s: swim with care and stay where you can stand. Moderate rip current risk. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
- Water 57 °F
Very cold: ease in and keep swims short.
- Sun & sunscreen UV 1 · SPF 15
Max UV 1 (low): SPF 15 sunscreen.
- Wind 10 mph
Cross-shore breeze (10 mph).
- Tide & sand 1:55 pm
Low tide at 1:34 am and 1:55 pm: that's when there's the most sand. High tide at 7:53 am and 8:19 pm. Coefficient 90 (spring tides): little sand left at high tide.
We don't have data on jellyfish, sargassum or beach closures: ask the lifeguard or check with the local beach authority.
Today, hour by hour
| Time | Rating | Sky | Feels like | Wind | Waves | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | 0 | Overcast | 50 °F | 3 mph | 3.2 ft | 0 |
| 9:00 am | 0 | Overcast | 53 °F | 3 mph | 3.1 ft | 1 |
| 10:00 am | 0 | Overcast | 54 °F | 5 mph | 3.1 ft | 1 |
| 11:00 am | 0 | Overcast | 54 °F | 7 mph | 3.0 ft | 1 |
| 12:00 pm | 0 | Overcast | 55 °F | 8 mph | 2.9 ft | 1 |
| 1:00 pm | 0 | Overcast | 54 °F | 10 mph | 2.8 ft | 1 |
| 2:00 pm | 0 | Overcast | 54 °F | 9 mph | 2.8 ft | 1 |
| 3:00 pm | 0 | Overcast | 54 °F | 9 mph | 2.8 ft | 0 |
Beach hours only: from one hour after sunrise to half an hour before sunset.
Beaches near Briton Ferry
Map: OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles · © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Aberavon Beach 2.5 mi · S
- RNLI lifeguards in season
- Restrooms
- Parking
Excellent water quality 2025 season, Natural Resources Wales
- ABCC Meeting Point 5.2 mi · W
- Parking
- Margam Sands 5.7 mi · S
Named beaches within 6.2 mi, nearest first. Amenities from OpenStreetMap: some may be missing or out of date. View on OpenStreetMap · Add or fix on OpenStreetMap
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How we rate a beach day
We rate every beach hour from 0 to 10 with simple, fixed rules:
- Adds: sunshine (up to 3 points, fewer with more clouds), warmth (up to 4, from the feels-like temperature; ideal between 81 °F and 91 °F), a calm sea (1), water at 70 °F or warmer (1; from 64 °F, half) and low or mid tide (1: more sand). Anything without data is left out and the rest is scaled to 10.
- Takes away: cold (feels-like below 64 °F, 1 to 4 points), rain (half a point if likely, up to 6 if it rains; thunderstorms, 8), wind from force 4, about 12 mph (1 to 6 points; half a point more if offshore, which blows inflatables out to sea, or onshore, which churns the water), waves (1 to swim with care, 4 if dangerous, 1 more for high rip current risk), very high UV (half a point; extreme, 1), water below 59 °F (1) and spring high tides (1: little sand left).
- Swimming: calm, use care (waves from 2.6 ft, or long swell) or dangerous (from 6.6 ft, or 4.9 ft with a long period), based on how much of the wave reaches this shore given the way it faces. In the U.S., today's and tomorrow's rip current risk comes from the National Weather Service surf zone forecast when it issues one; otherwise we estimate it from the waves.
- Best windows: runs of 2 to 5 hours rated 4 or more and close to the best hour, at least one hour apart.
- Day rating: the average of the best window; a 2-hour window keeps 85% of it and a 3-hour window 95%.
Today, in the best window: sun 0 of 3, warmth 0 of 4, calm sea 0 of 1, water 0 of 1 and tide 0 of 1; minus cold 4, waves 1, cold water 1 and high tide 1; short window: the rating keeps 85%.
It's a guide, not a guarantee: weather changes and every beach is different. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
Questions about the beach in Briton Ferry
Is it a beach day in Briton Ferry today?
Not a beach day: 0/10. No good beach time today.
What are the swimming conditions in Briton Ferry today?
3.2 ft waves every 9 s: swim with care and stay where you can stand. Moderate rip current risk. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
How warm is the water in Briton Ferry?
About 57 °F today: very cold. That's the sea surface temperature offshore; it can differ a little at the shoreline.
How much sun protection do I need in Briton Ferry today?
UV reaches 1 (low): SPF 15 sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat.
When is low tide in Briton Ferry?
Today low tide is at 1:34 am and 1:55 pm: that's when there's the most sand. High tide is at 7:53 am and 8:19 pm. Coefficient 90 (spring tides): little sand left at high tide.
What about tomorrow? Will it be a beach day in Briton Ferry?
Tomorrow, Friday, October 30: not a beach day (0/10).
What beaches are near Briton Ferry?
Aberavon Beach (2.5 mi), ABCC Meeting Point (5.2 mi) and Margam Sands (5.7 mi). See below for amenities and water quality.
Are there jellyfish or sargassum today?
We don't know: there's no open data on jellyfish, sargassum or closures for each beach. Ask the lifeguard, check the flags or the local beach authority's website.
How is the rating worked out?
From the hourly forecast: sun and clouds, feels-like temperature, rain, wind (and whether it blows onshore or offshore), waves and their period, UV, water temperature and, where there is one, the tide. Each factor adds or takes away a fixed number of points and the rating sums them up out of 10.
More about Briton Ferry today
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Our own calculation, using the Open-Meteo forecast (ECMWF, NOAA GFS, Météo-France, Copernicus Marine and CAMS, CC BY 4.0), the tide from Mumbles (TICON-4) and the sun from astronomy-engine. Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database). Source: Hart-Davis, M., Dettmering, D., Seitz, F. (2025), TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records, SEANOE, https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Modified: see https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database#modifications-to-source-data