Check the Beach

Traeth Lafan

Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom

Traeth Lafan 1 photo

  • Traeth Lafan sands with Anglesey and Menai Straits from near Llanfairfechan, Conwy County, Wales.

    Traeth Lafan sands with Anglesey and Menai Straits from near Llanfairfechan, Conwy County, Wales.. myself, Public domain. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 8 am to 11 am, sunset 6:02 pm
8 am
2.3
11 km/h7 mph wind, Poor
9 am
2.1
11 km/h7 mph wind, Poor
10 am
1.0
40 km/h25 mph wind, Poor
11 am
0.7
32 km/h20 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
0.9
33 km/h20 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
0.5
35 km/h22 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
0.6
38 km/h24 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
0.7
39 km/h24 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
0.7
39 km/h24 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
0.7
35 km/h22 mph wind, Poor
6 pm
0.8
32 km/h20 mph wind, Poor

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Where to stay near the beach

Compare hotels and apartments near Traeth Lafan.

Partner links

Staying a few days? Conditions improve from Mon, so a beachfront room still pays off.

Loads the map from Stay22, our stays partner.

Hotel results come from our stays partner. We may earn a commission when you book, at no extra cost to you, and it never changes the beach score.

Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
10°C50°F
Water
13°C55°F
Wind
149 km/hmph NE
Gusts
2113 km/hmph
Waves
0.9 m3 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
94%
Sunset
6:02 pm
Today
2.3Poor8 am117
2.1Poor9 am117
1.0Poor10 am4025
0.7Poor11 am3220
0.9Poor12 pm3320
0.5Poor1 pm3522
0.6Poor2 pm3824
0.7Poor3 pm3924
0.7Poor4 pm3924
0.7Poor5 pm3522
0.8Poor6 pm3220
Sat
2.9Poor8 am1912
2.6Poor9 am1610
2.1Poor10 am2012
1.4Poor11 am3119
1.1Poor12 pm3622
1.2Poor1 pm4629
1.0Poor2 pm5333
1.0Poor3 pm4830
1.0Poor4 pm4427
1.3Poor5 pm4528
1.2Poor6 pm3924
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 9 am, 1.8 m. Low at 3 pm, -2.4 m. High at 9 pm, 2.4 m. Low at 4 am, -3.7 mHigh 9 am, 1.8 m6 ftLow 3 pm, -2.4 m8 ftHigh 9 pm, 2.4 m8 ftLow 4 am, -3.7 m12 ftNow12 pm6 pm12 am6 am
  • High 9 am, 1.8 m6 ft
  • Low 3 pm, -2.4 m8 ft
  • High 9 pm, 2.4 m8 ft
  • Low 4 am, -3.7 m12 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun1.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 60 km/h37 mph, rain 42%
  • Mon4.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 44 km/h27 mph, rain 86%
  • Tue2.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 52 km/h32 mph, rain 76%
  • Wed3.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 43 km/h27 mph, rain 23%
  • Thu5.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 15 km/h10 mph, rain 13%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

About Traeth Lafan

From Wikipedia

Lavan Sands (Welsh: Traeth Lafan) is an intertidal sandbank found in the Menai Strait between Bangor, Gwynedd and Llanfairfechan, Wales. Totally underwater at high tide, at extreme low tides it measures 5.5-mile (8.9 km) east-west and 3.25-mile (5.23 km) north-south. At the western end is found another sandbank Bangor Flats and just north is the sandbank Dutchman's Bank (Welsh: Banc Yr Hen Wyddeles). At low tide the Lavan Sands make the narrowest part of the Menai Strait, at Beaumaris, a mere 237 m (778 ft). The area is designated as an SSSI due in part to the large numbers of Eurasian oystercatchers that migrate there due to the freshwater streams that flow across it.

Source: Lavan Sands on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
2.1 km1.3 miAbergwyngregyn (village)
Nearest airport
33 km21 miRAF Valley - Anglesey Airport (VLY)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches