Crab Island surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 Sep 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
17.4° C
(Which is 1.8°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 9PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.9
SW
3.5
W
2.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.1
W
0.8
WSW
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)111111109910101010109999996876888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9888462565784955175284824283783052422371991681659026613107641791498782
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SW
20
SW
10
SW
15
S
15
S
25
S
15
SSW
20
SW
30
NW
25
WNW
20
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
ENE
25
NE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:05PM
8.20
5:38AM
8.38
5:58PM
8.82
6:25AM
8.88
6:40PM
9.22
7:03AM
9.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:30PM
2.25
11:48AM
2.13
12:18AM
1.72
12:30PM
1.68
12:56AM
1.42
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:56-------6:58--
Sunset-7:23-------7:22-------7:20------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------11123--121-
Temp. °C181717171615161818171716161616151313141312121313
Feels °C (?)131314141412141716151715151315128891111986
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - Gower

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-onshore wind has turned cross-shore at Llangennith (moderate winds from the S at Llethryd Barns 12 km from Llangennith). 2.0m 10s swell from the SW with a 0.9m 5s windswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Llangennith
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Actual: 41 min ago

22 km/h
S
Onshore
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