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Crab Island surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 08 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
7.3° C
 (Which is 2.5°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 12PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)6ft (1.8m)10s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.8
SW
3
NW
3
WNW
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
W
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)78888810711111111111112121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)243316280216119996258762287175715471606176114191324160714611052781650454373313256
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
20
WNW
0
N
25
ESE
50
E
30
E
60
NNW
55
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
ESE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:37AM
9.12
9:59PM
8.61
10:15AM
8.67
10:38PM
8.16
10:55AM
8.19
11:21PM
7.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
1.68
3:47PM
1.80
3:55AM
2.05
4:24PM
2.22
4:35AM
2.46
5:04PM
2.66
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise--8:19-------8:18-------8:18-----
Sunset----4:24-------4:25-------4:27---
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cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---2863522111--1--------
Temp. °C777658344555666555456554
Feels °C (?)0250-61-10-9-7-5-4-5-4-4-3-4-3-2-20222-1
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