April is the cleanest month on the Gower and the argument for reading a number rather than obeying it. Llangennith in April is clean eight days out of thirty, blown out fourteen and too small eight, which is the best split any break on this coast produces.
Look at what it is made of. The eight clean days come from the winter storms slackening and the wind dropping, and the eight too-small days come from exactly the same thing. April is calm rather than good: the sea is tidier because there is less of everything, and the water is still at 10°C, so a clean small day still costs a hood.
That is why October and not April is the month to plan a Welsh weekend around. April is the month with the best odds of finding the sea flat and pleasant. It is worth knowing, and it is worth knowing what it is.
