Aberavon surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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Aberavon surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Aberavon sea temperature is
17.3° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Aberavon today?

The current surf forecast for Aberavon at 10AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s

Table - waves today at Aberavon. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
SW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111099910101010999999967
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)97690492076368656048033929934029330526923121016413012792101705345350
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
WSW
10
W
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
ESE
20
ESE
15
SSE
25
SE
35
SSE
45
SSW
55
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassonglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:37AM
6.68
5:04PM
7.19
5:33AM
7.26
5:53PM
7.79
6:16AM
7.80
6:33PM
8.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:58AM
2.31
11:31PM
1.84
11:48AM
1.73
12:14AM
1.31
12:27PM
1.23
12:48AM
0.89
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-6:52-------6:54-------6:56------
Sunset-----7:23-------7:22-------7:19--
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
121--------------------1
Temp. °C161717181818171716161719191716161615161818171513
Feels °C (?)1513131515151516151516181816171717141316141173
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - South East

  1. weather stationWind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Aberavon (moderate winds from the SSW at Llethryd Barns 20 km from Aberavon). 1.4m 12s groundswell from the WSW to make surfable waves.

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20 km away, 1 h 11 min ago

22 km/h
SSW
0.0
17.3
Air / Water (°C)
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