Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Aberavon today (20 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Aberavon at 11PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Oct) | 1ft (0.3m) | 12s |
| Evening (20 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Aberavon. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 48mm), heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, gales from the WNW by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 7 | WSW 9 | WSW 11 | W 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | W 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 31 | 31 | 33 | 38 | 170 | 1469 | 2488 | 2155 | 1824 | 1291 | 761 | 460 | 238 | 521 | 546 | 399 | 293 | 227 | 199 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 2:22PM5.93m | 3:09AM5.90m | 3:39PM6.35m | 4:12AM6.46m | 4:33PM6.97m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:00PM3.07m | 9:28AM2.95m | 10:04PM2.55m | 10:23AM2.40m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 5 |
Temp °C | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Feels °C | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 12 | WSW 8 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 |
| kJ | 31 | 31 | 33 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 189 | 460 | 114 | 173 | 546 | 399 | 293 | 227 | 199 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 4 | WSW 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 29 | 15 | 1 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | W 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | S 3 | WSW 7 | WSW 9 | WSW 11 | W 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | — | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | — | — | S 3 | SSE 3 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 2 | 170 | 1469 | 2488 | 2155 | 1824 | 1291 | 761 | — | 238 | 521 | 508 | — | — | 5 | 9 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 12 | 270 | 82 | 4 | 374 | 384 | 384 | 374 | 383 | 290 | 290 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 77 | 76 | 427 | 300 |
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