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Kinmel Bay (Sandy Cove) (Beach) (Conwy) weather

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Forecast days

Heavy rain.
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 high tide (6.9m) at

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    7 day forecast for Kinmel Bay (Sandy Cove) (Beach)

    Today (8 January 2026)
    Time
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Heavy rain Heavy rain
    Chance of precipitation
    ≥95%
    90%
    Temperature
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -6°
    -5°
    Wind direction and speed
    NE
    23
    NNE
    23
    Wind gust (mph)
    32
    31
    Visibility
    P
    P
    Humidity
    100%
    97%
    UV - -
    Wind direction and speed
    23
    23
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.9
    1.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    5
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (9 January 2026)
    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 Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Light shower day Overcast Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Heavy shower day Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    90%
    90%
    90%
    80%
    60%
    70%
    60%
    70%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    80%
    70%
    70%
    60%
    50%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -4°
    -3°
    -3°
    -2°
    -2°
    -2°
    -1°
    -1°
    -1°
    -1°
    -1°
    -1°
    -1°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NNE
    24
    N
    24
    N
    24
    NNW
    23
    NNW
    23
    NNW
    23
    NNW
    22
    NNW
    21
    NNW
    20
    NNW
    19
    NNW
    18
    NNW
    17
    NNW
    17
    NNW
    17
    NNW
    17
    NNW
    16
    NNW
    14
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    12
    NW
    11
    NW
    10
    NW
    10
    N
    9
    W
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    31
    31
    30
    28
    28
    29
    28
    27
    26
    24
    21
    20
    19
    19
    19
    20
    19
    16
    15
    14
    14
    12
    11
    11
    Visibility (description)
    P
    M
    M
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    94%
    92%
    91%
    90%
    87%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    83%
    82%
    83%
    84%
    85%
    86%
    87%
    88%
    87%
    89%
    88%
    87%
    89%
    UV - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    24
    24
    24
    23
    23
    23
    22
    21
    20
    19
    18
    17
    17
    17
    17
    16
    14
    13
    12
    11
    10
    10
    9
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.0
    1.1
    1.1
    1.1
    1.2
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.2
    1.2
    1.1
    1.1
    1.1
    1.1
    1.0
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    4
    4
    4
    4
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (10 January 2026)
    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 Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -1°
    -1°
    -1°
    -1°
    -2°
    -2°
    -2°
    -2°
    -2°
    -2°
    -1°
    -1°
    -2°
    -2°
    -2°
    -3°
    -3°
    -3°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    ENE
    7
    SSE
    6
    SSE
    7
    S
    7
    SSE
    7
    SSE
    7
    SSE
    6
    SSE
    6
    SSE
    6
    SSE
    7
    SSE
    7
    SSE
    7
    SE
    7
    SE
    8
    SE
    8
    SE
    8
    SSE
    9
    SSE
    9
    SE
    10
    SE
    11
    SE
    12
    SE
    12
    SSE
    13
    SSE
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    11
    12
    14
    14
    15
    17
    17
    19
    19
    21
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    88%
    87%
    88%
    87%
    88%
    88%
    88%
    87%
    87%
    88%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    83%
    83%
    82%
    83%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    UV - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    6
    7
    7
    7
    7
    6
    6
    6
    7
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    9
    9
    10
    11
    12
    12
    13
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.7
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (11 January 2026)
    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 Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light shower night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    60%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    80%
    90%
    80%
    60%
    40%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -3°
    -2°
    -3°
    -2°
    -2°
    -2°
    -2°
    -2°
    -2°
    -1°
    -1°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SE
    15
    SE
    16
    SE
    17
    SE
    18
    SE
    19
    SE
    20
    SE
    20
    SE
    20
    SSE
    21
    SSE
    22
    SSE
    22
    SSE
    21
    SSE
    21
    SSE
    21
    SSE
    21
    SSE
    22
    SSE
    22
    SSE
    23
    SSE
    24
    SSE
    25
    SSE
    24
    S
    23
    S
    21
    SSW
    20
    Wind gust (mph)
    24
    25
    27
    28
    30
    30
    33
    33
    34
    36
    33
    33
    31
    32
    32
    32
    34
    34
    36
    37
    37
    35
    30
    28
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    84%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    84%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    86%
    87%
    87%
    86%
    86%
    88%
    88%
    87%
    86%
    85%
    UV - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    15
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    20
    20
    21
    22
    22
    21
    21
    21
    21
    22
    22
    23
    24
    25
    24
    23
    21
    20
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    0.6
    0.7
    0.8
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.7
    0.8
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    4
    4
    4
    4
    3
    2
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    4
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (12 January 2026)
    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 Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Light shower night Light shower day Sunny intervals Light shower day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    19
    S
    19
    S
    18
    S
    17
    S
    17
    S
    16
    S
    16
    S
    15
    S
    16
    S
    16
    S
    16
    SSW
    17
    SSW
    17
    SSW
    17
    SSW
    17
    S
    17
    S
    17
    S
    17
    S
    17
    S
    16
    SSE
    16
    SSE
    16
    Wind gust (mph)
    26
    28
    28
    26
    26
    26
    27
    27
    26
    25
    24
    24
    23
    22
    21
    19
    20
    22
    21
    20
    20
    21
    21
    22
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    85%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    86%
    UV - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    20
    20
    19
    19
    18
    17
    17
    16
    16
    15
    16
    16
    16
    17
    17
    17
    17
    17
    17
    17
    17
    16
    16
    16
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    5
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (13 January 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    16
    S
    16
    SSE
    15
    S
    14
    SSW
    14
    SSW
    14
    SSW
    13
    SW
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    24
    25
    24
    20
    19
    16
    15
    16
    Visibility (description)
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    86%
    87%
    89%
    90%
    91%
    90%
    91%
    90%
    UV - - - 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    16
    16
    15
    14
    14
    14
    13
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.2
    0.1
    0.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    5
    5
    4
    2
    6
    11
    11
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (14 January 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Light rain Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    50%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    14
    SW
    14
    SW
    14
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    17
    S
    19
    S
    18
    S
    18
    Wind gust (mph)
    16
    16
    16
    20
    22
    23
    22
    23
    Visibility (description)
    G
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    Humidity
    90%
    89%
    89%
    87%
    86%
    85%
    87%
    87%
    UV - - - 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Thursday 8 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 8 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 8 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 8 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 9 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 9 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 9 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 9 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 10 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 10 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 10 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 10 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 11 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 11 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 11 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 11 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 12 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 12 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 12 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 12 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 13 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 13 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 13 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 13 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 14 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 14 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 14 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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 14 January

    Tide times and heights are from Colwyn Bay tidal station which is 8.0 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:

    Wet and windy overnight with heavy snow for some.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Heavy rain turning to wet snow for some this evening, with the snow accumulating quickly. Significant falls of snow are possible, mainly over higher ground. Windy and cold with icy conditions possible before the rain generally reverts to rain/sleet later. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

    Friday:

    Showery rain, sleet and hill snow, associated with Storm Goretti, gradually easing for many. Skies brightening in the west with showers, these wintry over the hills. Remaining windy. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

    Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

    A cold weekend with overnight frost. Mostly dry and bright on Saturday, then rain, perhaps preceded by snow in places, on Sunday. Turning milder on Monday. Becoming windy at times.

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