Porthmawr SlSC - Things to Watch Out

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Calendar 2010

January 2010

31st - Stillwater Mini League 2 - Aberavon @ 5:30 to 7:30 pm

February

6th - 7th - SLSA Wales Still Water Championships Junior/Senior/Masters - Swansea

28th - Stillwater Mini League 3 - Aberavon @ 5:30 to 7:30 pm

March

21st - SLSA Wales Still Water Championships Nippers - Swansea

April

25th - Mass Exam @ Tenby South

May

9th - Mass Exam @ Southerndown/Coney Beach

16th - SLSA Wales Ocean Ranking 1 - Venue TBA

June

3rd - Mass Exam @ Whitesands, St Davids

20th - SLSA Wales Ocean Ranking 2 - Venue TBA

26th - Skar & Pink Bay Junior and Masters Carnival

July

4th - SLSA Wales Ocean Ranking 3 - Venue TBA

17th to 18th - SLSA Wales Welsh Nipper Open Water Championships

24th - Rest Bay Carnival

31st - SLSA Wales Masters Open Water Championships (Move of Date Possible)

August

1at - SLSA Wales Masters Open Water Championship (Move of Date Possible)

September

4th - Celtic Cup Challenge (Move of Date Likely)

4th - SLSA Wales IRB Simulated Rescue Championships

5th - SLSA Wales IRB Simulated Rescue Championships

11th to 12th SLSA Wales Masters Open Water Championship (Potential Alternative Dates)

19th - Mass Exam @ Barry

October

17th - Mass Exam @ Aberavon

THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR

Surf Conditions

Types Of Waves	Description	Image
Spilling	Occur on gently sloping coasts or flat coasts where the waves break slowly and over a long distance, with the crest spilling gently down the front of the wave. The wave energy is gradually released over time and the beach.
Plunging	Are formed if the coast is steep, the waves slow down more quickly and so the crest curls way over the front of the wave and plunges down towards the base---in other words it curls.
Surging	Occur where the coastline if very steep, the wave builds up very suddenly and breaks right onto the beach. This wave starts as a plunging, then the wave catches up with the crest, and the breaker surges up the beach face as a wall of water, this results in a quickly rising and falling water level on the beach face

Littoral Current

Littoral current (or longshore current), is caused by wave action that sets parallel to the shore; usually in the near shore region within the breaker zone. Sediments such as sand or other materials, move along a beach shore. It uses the process of swash to push the material up the beach and backwash down the beach; until it reaches a groyne or another obstacle.