Fontygary Bay (Beach) (Vale of Glamorgan) weather

Here are our top tips to keep you, your friends and family safe at the beach with links to Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Met Office advice.



Forecast days

Heavy rain changing to overcast in the afternoon.
Beach safety today
Use caution in the sea. Waves can be bigger or stronger than you expect, strong rips likely, strong wind may blow you off course
  • • unsafe for novice surfers
  • • paddle boarding/kayaking not recommended at any level

Tide: Next low tide (2.7m) at

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    8 day forecast for Fontygary Bay (Beach)

    Today (19 April 2025)
    Time
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    ≥95%
    90%
    80%
    90%
    70%
    70%
    80%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    50%
    30%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed
    E
    14
    E
    15
    E
    15
    E
    14
    E
    12
    E
    11
    E
    11
    E
    12
    E
    12
    E
    13
    ENE
    13
    ENE
    13
    ENE
    13
    ENE
    13
    ENE
    12
    ENE
    11
    ENE
    10
    ENE
    9
    ENE
    9
    ENE
    9
    ENE
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    31
    31
    30
    28
    27
    26
    25
    25
    25
    25
    25
    24
    23
    22
    21
    18
    17
    16
    18
    18
    19
    Visibility
    M
    G
    G
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    93%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    92%
    91%
    86%
    79%
    74%
    68%
    65%
    66%
    66%
    67%
    69%
    69%
    68%
    UV - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Wind direction and speed
    14
    15
    14
    14
    12
    11
    11
    12
    12
    13
    13
    13
    13
    13
    12
    12
    11
    9
    9
    9
    9
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.5
    0.7
    0.8
    0.8
    0.9
    0.8
    0.7
    0.5
    0.3
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.4
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    3
    3
    3
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    3
    3
    3
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (20 April 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NE
    10
    NE
    10
    NE
    11
    NE
    11
    NE
    10
    NE
    10
    ENE
    11
    NE
    11
    ENE
    11
    ENE
    11
    ENE
    11
    ENE
    11
    E
    10
    E
    9
    E
    8
    ESE
    7
    SE
    7
    SSE
    6
    W
    5
    WNW
    5
    NW
    4
    NNW
    4
    NNW
    3
    NNW
    3
    Wind gust (mph)
    21
    21
    22
    22
    21
    22
    22
    23
    23
    21
    20
    19
    17
    16
    15
    13
    12
    11
    10
    9
    8
    7
    6
    6
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    72%
    74%
    75%
    75%
    76%
    77%
    81%
    83%
    76%
    74%
    67%
    64%
    57%
    55%
    50%
    48%
    53%
    57%
    62%
    71%
    77%
    83%
    84%
    86%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    10
    11
    11
    10
    10
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    9
    8
    7
    7
    6
    5
    5
    4
    4
    3
    3
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.4
    0.3
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    3
    7
    7
    7
    7
    9
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (21 April 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Light rain Light shower day Light shower day Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    40%
    50%
    70%
    80%
    50%
    30%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NW
    3
    NNW
    3
    NNE
    3
    SSW
    4
    SSE
    6
    SSW
    8
    WSW
    10
    W
    10
    W
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    6
    7
    7
    11
    14
    17
    16
    15
    13
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    VG
    Humidity
    88%
    90%
    94%
    93%
    87%
    84%
    82%
    82%
    92%
    UV - - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    3
    3
    3
    4
    6
    8
    10
    10
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.3
    0.5
    0.7
    1.0
    1.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    11
    11
    11
    10
    10
    3
    10
    4
    5
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (22 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Cloudy Light shower day Light shower day Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    40%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    13°
    14°
    13°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    6
    WSW
    5
    SW
    5
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    9
    S
    9
    SSW
    9
    SSE
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    12
    10
    12
    17
    17
    15
    12
    10
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    Humidity
    92%
    92%
    91%
    75%
    66%
    72%
    79%
    88%
    UV - - 1 3 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    5
    5
    7
    9
    9
    9
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.0
    0.9
    0.8
    0.6
    0.6
    0.7
    0.8
    0.9
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    7
    7
    8
    10
    10
    10
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (23 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    15°
    16°
    15°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    13°
    15°
    14°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    ENE
    7
    N
    7
    N
    6
    E
    8
    SW
    9
    WSW
    9
    W
    8
    NW
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    12
    11
    12
    15
    15
    12
    10
    7
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    91%
    92%
    93%
    80%
    71%
    63%
    66%
    81%
    UV - - 1 3 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    7
    6
    8
    9
    9
    8
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.0
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (24 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    13°
    16°
    17°
    16°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    14°
    15°
    14°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NE
    5
    ENE
    5
    ESE
    6
    SE
    8
    SSE
    10
    S
    10
    S
    9
    SSE
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    5
    6
    9
    15
    16
    13
    11
    11
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    86%
    91%
    90%
    78%
    65%
    60%
    63%
    78%
    UV - - 1 3 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    5
    5
    6
    8
    10
    10
    9
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (25 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    10°
    10°
    12°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    12°
    14°
    13°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    6
    SSE
    7
    SE
    7
    SE
    9
    S
    11
    SSW
    10
    SW
    9
    SSW
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    10
    11
    14
    17
    15
    12
    9
    9
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    G
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    83%
    88%
    90%
    84%
    78%
    71%
    72%
    84%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (26 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals No weather symbol data
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    40%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    12°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    9
    SW
    11
    WSW
    12
    WSW
    12
    Wind gust (mph)
    7
    7
    12
    16
    14
    15
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    88%
    92%
    90%
    77%
    64%
    63%
    71%
    UV - - 1 3 5 2 1
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Saturday 19 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 19 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 19 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 19 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 20 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 20 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 20 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 20 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 21 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 21 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 21 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 21 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 22 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 22 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 22 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 22 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 23 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 23 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 23 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 23 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 24 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 24 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 24 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 24 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 25 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 25 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 25 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 25 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 26 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 26 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 26 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 26 April

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 4.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    Wales weather forecast

    Headline:

    Rather changeable over the Bank Holiday weekend.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    It will be a cloudy evening and night with outbreaks of locally heavy showery rain, especially over hills in the southeast. Fog will also affect the high ground. Mild and frost-free, though rather windy with brisk east to southeasterly winds. Minimum temperature 9 °C.

    Saturday:

    Saturday will start grey with showery rain, locally still heavy. The rain will slowly fizzle out and skies should brighten a little heading into the afternoon. Brisk winds slowly easing. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

    Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

    Easter Sunday looks bright with lighter winds. Isolated light showers possible later. Easter Monday is likely to be a more widely showery day, with sunshine and showers continuing on Tuesday.

    Updated:

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