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Kitesurf Location - Aberavon ( ID aberavon )      Hits: 1174
 
You are here: Europe > Wales (UK) > Kitesurf Location - Aberavon ( ID aberavon )
Continent: Europe
Country: Wales (UK)
Next Big City (Airport):  Swansea
Next Town: Port Talbot
Latitude:   51.6007
Longitude: -3.8305
Type:
- Ocean
Rider Ability:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Expert

Good for:
- Kitesurfing
- Windsurfing
- Surfing
Features:
- Rescue
- Toilet
- Food
- Parking

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Near Locations
Swansea Bay (10.5 km) Best Direction: ESE SE SSE S SSW Type: Shallow Chop
Rest Bay (14.46 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m)
Coney Beach (16.6 km) Best Direction: E ESE SE Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m)
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Water
Type:
- Chop
- Small Wave (< 1m)
Hazards:
No Information

Quality:
- Dirty
Best Tide:
- Low Tide
- Coming Tide
- Falling Tide
Not very good quality due to estuary silt and industrial docks nearby! Water conditions usually choppy and small surf. Tides.

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 Location
Type:
- Sand
Size:
- Depending on Tide

Hazards:
- Rocks
Location crowds:
- June
- July
- August
Big sandy beach approx. 3 miles long. Very popular kitesurf beach in South Wales attracting people from all over South West Wales and England. Sand is hard at mid to low tide and popular with buggy and ATB kiters. At some parts stony dam.

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 Weather
Spring:
- Normal Wetsuit
Summer:
- Shorts
- Shorty
- Normal Wetsuit

Fall:
- Normal Wetsuit
Winter:
- Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit
Wetsuit needed almost all year-round. Only in high summer can be shorts and lycra.

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 Wind

Wind Statistic   Wind Forecast   Wind Report   
Best Months:
No Information
Wind Type:
- Frontal Winds

Best Direction:
- SE
- SW
- WSW
- W
- WNW
- NW
Main Direction:
No Information
Normally always wind. Can be any strength, depending on depressions.

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 How to get there
Transport:
- Car
Access:
- Short Walk
Follow M4 till exit 41, then signs for Port Talbot and Aberavon. You can park along the promenade for free.

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 Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info
Rules:
- Restricted Zones
Keep to west end of beach where marked on the sea wall. There is a local kitesurf club which has fought to keep access. There is a yellow flag with a kite drawing showing the start of the kite area. Kite on the West side of this flag.

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