Whitmore Bay, Barry (Beach) (Vale of Glamorgan) weather

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Forecast days

Heavy rain changing to partly cloudy by nighttime.
Beach safety today
Large, powerful waves and strong wind
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    7 day forecast for Whitmore Bay, Barry (Beach)

    Today (11 January 2026)
    Time
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Heavy rain Light shower night Partly cloudy night Clear night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    90%
    90%
    90%
    ≥95%
    80%
    20%
    10%
    <5%
    Temperature
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    S
    16
    S
    18
    S
    19
    S
    18
    SW
    17
    SW
    16
    SW
    16
    SW
    16
    Wind gust (mph)
    36
    39
    39
    39
    37
    33
    32
    32
    Visibility
    M
    M
    M
    VG
    G
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    98%
    96%
    96%
    92%
    92%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    UV 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed
    16
    18
    19
    18
    17
    16
    16
    16
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.8
    1.0
    1.1
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    1.0
    1.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    9
    9
    9
    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 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Light shower day 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%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    70%
    80%
    60%
    40%
    30%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    16
    SW
    15
    SW
    14
    SW
    14
    SW
    13
    SW
    13
    SW
    12
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    9
    SSW
    9
    S
    9
    S
    9
    SSW
    10
    SW
    10
    SW
    10
    SW
    9
    SW
    8
    SW
    8
    SW
    8
    SW
    7
    SW
    7
    SW
    7
    SW
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    32
    32
    31
    30
    28
    27
    25
    24
    23
    23
    22
    21
    22
    24
    23
    22
    20
    19
    19
    18
    17
    17
    17
    17
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    87%
    88%
    89%
    89%
    89%
    89%
    87%
    90%
    90%
    91%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    UV - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    16
    15
    14
    14
    13
    13
    12
    11
    10
    9
    9
    9
    9
    10
    10
    10
    9
    8
    8
    8
    7
    7
    7
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    4
    4
    4
    10
    10
    10
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (13 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 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    S
    6
    S
    6
    S
    6
    SSE
    6
    SSE
    6
    S
    6
    SSE
    6
    SE
    6
    SE
    6
    SSE
    6
    S
    6
    S
    6
    SW
    6
    WNW
    6
    NW
    6
    NW
    6
    NW
    6
    NW
    6
    NW
    5
    NW
    6
    NW
    6
    NNW
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    16
    15
    13
    12
    13
    13
    13
    13
    12
    11
    11
    12
    12
    12
    13
    14
    12
    12
    11
    11
    11
    11
    12
    12
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    93%
    93%
    94%
    94%
    95%
    95%
    96%
    97%
    97%
    97%
    97%
    96%
    96%
    95%
    96%
    95%
    93%
    94%
    94%
    93%
    93%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    UV - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    7
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    5
    6
    6
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.2
    0.2
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (14 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 Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    70%
    80%
    80%
    70%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NW
    5
    NW
    5
    NNW
    5
    NW
    5
    NW
    5
    NNW
    5
    NNW
    4
    N
    4
    N
    4
    N
    4
    NE
    4
    SSE
    5
    S
    6
    S
    6
    SSE
    7
    SSE
    7
    SSE
    7
    SSE
    7
    SSE
    8
    SSE
    9
    SSE
    9
    SSE
    10
    SSE
    10
    S
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    10
    11
    10
    10
    10
    9
    8
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    17
    18
    18
    17
    17
    19
    19
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    91%
    91%
    92%
    91%
    91%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    93%
    92%
    87%
    84%
    79%
    79%
    81%
    83%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    87%
    88%
    91%
    93%
    94%
    UV - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    5
    6
    6
    7
    7
    7
    7
    8
    9
    9
    10
    10
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.3
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.6
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    7
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (15 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 Light rain Light rain Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower 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
    70%
    80%
    70%
    60%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    10
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    WSW
    9
    WSW
    8
    SW
    8
    SW
    8
    SW
    9
    SW
    10
    SW
    10
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    8
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    8
    SSW
    8
    SSW
    8
    S
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    17
    19
    20
    21
    21
    21
    19
    17
    17
    15
    17
    17
    15
    16
    13
    13
    14
    13
    12
    13
    12
    12
    12
    Visibility (description)
    G
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    93%
    93%
    93%
    92%
    92%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    90%
    88%
    88%
    85%
    84%
    86%
    88%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    93%
    93%
    UV - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    8
    8
    8
    9
    10
    10
    9
    9
    8
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.7
    0.7
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    3
    3
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    7
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    9
    9
    9
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    15
    16
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (16 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 Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    50%
    30%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    9
    SSW
    9
    SSW
    8
    SSW
    9
    SW
    10
    SW
    9
    S
    8
    S
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    11
    13
    15
    15
    16
    14
    12
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    Humidity
    93%
    95%
    94%
    92%
    87%
    85%
    88%
    91%
    UV - - - 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    9
    9
    8
    9
    10
    9
    8
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    16
    16
    15
    15
    15
    15
    14
    14
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (17 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 Overcast Cloudy Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Overcast
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    8
    SSW
    8
    S
    7
    SSW
    7
    S
    8
    S
    8
    S
    7
    S
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    10
    9
    8
    10
    11
    10
    9
    8
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    G
    G
    Humidity
    93%
    94%
    95%
    95%
    89%
    86%
    93%
    95%
    UV - - - 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    14
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Sunday 11 January

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 15 January

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 15 January

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 15 January

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 15 January

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 16 January

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 16 January

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 16 January

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 16 January

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 17 January

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 17 January

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 17 January

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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 17 January

    Tide times and heights are from Barry tidal station which is 0.6 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:

    Rain clearing and staying mild.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Wet and windy during the first half of the night with some heavy bursts at times. Rain clears to the east leaving clear spells, but staying windy with coastal gales. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

    Monday:

    Bright spells with heavy showers moving in from the southwest. Showers move northeastwards leaving clearer spells later. Staying blustery but easing through the afternoon. Milder than of late. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

    Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

    Generally less cold into next week, with periods of heavy showers or longer spells of rain. Winds will strengthen at times, though there will also be some occasional brighter interludes.

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