Crab Island surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 04 Dec 2025 GMT
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Crab Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Crab Island sea temperature is
10.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crab Island today?

The current surf forecast for Crab Island at 11AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (04 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (04 Dec)6ft (1.9m)14s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
3
3
3
4
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
1.2
W
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
SW
1.8
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
W
Period(s) (?)8811111212141415151411899101012161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)220844364106410018611403146415051358122383139211371177162326495328104651286811138916166524625
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
10
W
15
SSW
25
S
45
SSE
55
SSE
35
SW
50
SW
50
SW
50
WSW
50
WSW
60
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:07AM
9.35
5:34PM
9.51
5:57AM
9.62
6:26PM
9.63
6:47AM
9.73
7:16PM
9.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13AM
1.41
11:38PM
1.28
12:04PM
1.23
12:27AM
1.22
12:54PM
1.21
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
Sunrise--8:02-------8:03-------8:04-----
Sunset----4:07-------4:07-------4:07---
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
441-----1---2321112111--
Temp. °C108898787889991211111011111111111111
Feels °C (?)212322415430-351101-111235
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