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Crab Island surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 15 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
7.2° C
 (Which is 2.4°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 2PM is: 0.9m 18s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.5m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (15 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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)
3
3
3
4
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)101018171716161616151515151515141413131312121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48243356581316941343131096211841274162019761875185015591336989805653543393347260234
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
SW
10
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
25
S
30
S
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:06PM
7.60
4:36AM
7.98
4:58PM
7.97
5:21AM
8.39
5:41PM
8.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47AM
3.08
10:17PM
2.93
10:40AM
2.71
11:05PM
2.56
11:25AM
2.34
11:45PM
2.23
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise8:15-------8:14-------8:12-------
Sunset--4:35-------4:36-------4:37-----
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1--1-111--12111---1-----
Temp. °C888777777898777768987677
Feels °C (?)656542112222111212432232
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