Crab Island surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 25 Aug 2025 BST
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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
19.7° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crab Island today?

The current surf forecast for Crab Island at 7AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (25 Aug)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (25 Aug)3ft (0.9m)20s

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

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Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thu
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
W
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)9999992018181818171616161514149913121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)90901011099521370115732437385161425837590146052308198116671336969139025531831665642
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
10
SSE
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
15
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
35
S
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
9.22
8:47PM
9.40
9:05AM
9.13
9:16PM
9.25
9:32AM
8.96
9:43PM
9.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:26AM
1.25
2:31PM
1.29
2:53AM
1.33
2:58PM
1.37
3:18AM
1.49
3:25PM
1.54
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thu
28
Sunrise-6:16-------6:16-------6:18------
Sunset-----8:19-------8:15-------8:14--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------8---------51---1
Temp. °C161519232120181716171718181716161616151717171616
Feels °C (?)121115221819171515141213131212121211101313121212
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - Gower

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Crab Island (light winds from the ESE at Llethryd Barns 9 km from Crab Island). 0.6m 9s swell from the WSW to make surfable waves.

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