Cement

Bacnotan, La Union

Directions

Hour by hour

The bars are the face height through Cement's profile, coloured by how it rates; the arrows show where the wind blows.

1-2 5 AM 7
1-2 6 AM 6
1-2 7 AM 7
1-2 8 AM 2
1-2 9 AM 2
1-2 10 AM 7
1-2 11 AM 7
1-2 12 PM 8
1-2 1 PM 11
1-2 2 PM 7
Now 1-2 3 PM 3
1-2 4 PM 4
1-2 5 PM 6
1-2 6 PM 9
1-2 7 PM 6
Tide

1-2 5 AM 4
1-2 6 AM 4
1-2 7 AM 7
1-2 8 AM 5
1-2 9 AM 2
1-2 10 AM 4
1-2 11 AM 6
1-2 12 PM 9
1-2 1 PM 10
Flat 2 PM 10
Flat 3 PM 8
Flat 4 PM 6
Flat 5 PM 7
Flat 6 PM 9
Flat 7 PM 9
Tide

Flat 5 AM 5
Flat 6 AM 5
Flat 7 AM 5
Flat 8 AM 3
Flat 9 AM 2
Flat 10 AM 5
Flat 11 AM 8
Flat 12 PM 8
Flat 1 PM 9
Flat 2 PM 12
Flat 3 PM 11
Flat 4 PM 8
Flat 5 PM 8
Flat 6 PM 9
Flat 7 PM 6
Tide

1-2 5 AM 5
1-2 6 AM 5
1-2 7 AM 5
1-2 8 AM 4
1-2 9 AM 4
1-2 10 AM 3
1-2 11 AM 5
1-2 12 PM 7
1-2 1 PM 7
1-2 2 PM 10
1-2 3 PM 10
1-2 4 PM 7
1-2 5 PM 3
1-2 6 PM 6
1-2 7 PM 6
Tide

2-3 5 AM 2
2-3 6 AM 2
2-3 7 AM 3
2-3 8 AM 3
2-3 9 AM 2
2-3 10 AM 4
2-3 11 AM 7
2-3 12 PM 9
2-3 1 PM 10
2-3 2 PM 11
2-3 3 PM 9
2-3 4 PM 5
2-3 5 PM 3
2-3 6 PM 2
2-3 7 PM 3

2-3 5 AM 4
2-3 6 AM 4
2-3 7 AM 4
2-3 8 AM 4
2-3 9 AM 3
2-3 10 AM 5
2-3 11 AM 8
2-3 12 PM 8
2-3 1 PM 8
2-3 2 PM 7
2-3 3 PM 6
2-3 4 PM 5
2-3 5 PM 6
2-3 6 PM 7
2-3 7 PM 7

2-3 5 AM 3
2-3 6 AM 3
2-3 7 AM 2
2-3 8 AM 1
2-3 9 AM 1
2-3 10 AM 4
2-3 11 AM 7
2-3 12 PM 9
2-3 1 PM 11
2-3 2 PM 11
2-3 3 PM 10
2-3 4 PM 7
2-3 5 PM 3
2-3 6 PM 2
2-3 7 PM 5

OffshoreCross-shoreOnshoreWind in km/h

The tide

Cement works best on a mid to high tide.

Rising 0.1 m 0.3 ft High at 5:12 AM

6 AM12 PM6 PM

High 4:02 AM0.7 m · 2.2 ft
Low 12:45 PM0.0 m · 0.1 ft

Best 6:00 AM to 8:53 AMmid to high tide

Tomorrow High 5:12 AM (0.6 m) · Low 12:52 PM (0.1 m) · High 7:30 PM (0.4 m) · best 6:00 AM to 9:32 AM and 3:41 PM to 6:00 PM

From the beach today

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The spot

Swell window SSW to NNWFaces W

Works best: 3 to 10 ft, mid to high tide
Offshore wind: From the E
Bottom: Reef
For: Intermediate to advanced
Best season: Oct to Mar
Season now: AmihanRead from the wind over the Luzon Strait and the West Philippine Sea: from the east 10 days running

The reef in front of the cement plant at Quirino, Bacnotan, north of San Juan, that holds the bigger northwest swells.

Local knowledge

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Forecast data: Open-Meteo (ECMWF, Meteo-France, NOAA), CC BY 4.0. Fetched just now. Tides: WorldTides. Sizes are a forecast: the middle of three wave models at sea off the beach, read through this spot's profile; they are calibrated as locals send their readings. All spots · Add a spot