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Crab Island surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 31 Jan 2026 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
7.1° C
 (Which is 2.1°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 5PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (31 Jan)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (31 Jan)8ft (2.5m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
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3
2
2
2
3
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)161616161514141414131212121716161615151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)416643964606391330342408206416571244983107111021016227618071239894612376276215156229434
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
5
WSW
25
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
5
ENE
15
E
30
ESE
35
E
40
E
50
E
50
E
50
E
50
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:23PM
8.80
5:46AM
9.23
6:16PM
9.27
6:35AM
9.65
7:02PM
9.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:08AM
1.90
11:31PM
1.71
12:04PM
1.37
12:21AM
1.27
12:52PM
1.02
1:05AM
1.02
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise7:56-------7:54-------7:52-------
Sunset--5:01-------5:04-------5:06-----
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
21----1221-----------111
Temp. °C889888887786665556766788
Feels °C (?)4354555551512320-2-3-3-5-5-3-20
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