Aberystwyth harbour trap surf break

Aberystwyth harbour trap surfForecast / Wales – Mid / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST
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Aberystwyth harbour trap surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Aberystwyth harbour trap sea temperature is
16.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Aberystwyth harbour trap today?

The current surf forecast for Aberystwyth harbour trap at 2PM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

Table - waves today at Aberystwyth harbour trap. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)89966612125677788889999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5004394802492201233111966714718316818316918220116212115911897467132
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:37PM
3.94
6:20AM
3.86
6:38PM
4.29
7:10AM
4.17
7:24PM
4.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:16PM
1.80
12:58AM
1.37
1:20PM
1.51
1:53AM
1.06
2:08PM
1.24
2:37AM
0.83
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:56-------6:56
Sunset---7:28-------7:24-------7:22----
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
31-----31-------11------
Temp. °C171717161514141517181818171717171717191616151516
Feels °C (?)121212111111121314151415131314151516181616141416
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - Mid

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Aberystwyth harbour trap (light winds from the SW at Trawscoed 15 km from Aberystwyth harbour trap). A 2.3m swell from the WSW

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1 h 27 min ago

13 km/h
SW
Cross-On
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